ABSTRACT
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Environmental catalysis is projected to grow faster than any other segment of the catalyst
market in the next 20 years [1]. This growth will come both from traditional areas, such as
emissions treatment, and from new areas that range from the automotive industry to phar-
maceuticals. To sustain this growth and to meet more stringent environmental demands,
researchers will require ever-increasing control and understanding of catalytic materials and
processes at the molecular level. Computational modeling will play a major role in meeting
these goals. In conjunction with improved methods for catalyst synthesis and characteriza-
tion, modeling holds the potential one day to permit the design of catalysts with enhanced
activity and selectivity while promoting environmentally sound chemical processes.
