The Expanding World of Chemical Engineering Book

	Preface to Second Edition
	Preface to First Edition
	Extract from the Preface to the Original Japanese Edition
	Contributors
1	Computation Chemistry and Engineering	1
2	Application of Fuzzy Systems and Neural Nets to Chemical Engineering Problems	21
3	New Techniques to Produce Functional Materials: Chemical Vapour Deposition	43
4	Development of Optoelectronic Materials	57
5	Chemical Engineering in Polymer Processing	71
6	Catalysis: Energy, Environment, and Economics	83
7	Supercritical Fluid Technology	105
8	A Peek into the Nano-World of Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena	125
9	Bubble Column Reactors	157
10	An Overview of Particle Technology	185
11	Fluidization and Fluidized Beds	197
12	Genetic Engineering	211
13	Bioreactors	223
14	Separation and Purification in Biotechnology	235
15	Membrane Technology	247
16	Food Production and Processing	265
17	How Chemical Engineering Helps to Save Lives - Biomedical Engineering	277
18	Development of a Man-Machine Interface for Task Assignment and Teleoperation of an Intelligent Multirobot System in a Bioplant	291
19	Direct Use of Solar Energy: Solar Cell	309
20	Resources and Recycling of Materials	325
21	Global Environment and Climate Change	337
	Index	355