Through a series of well-written interactive "research overviews", this site is dedicated to helping students understand and get excited about "the sciences of stuff" and some of the greatest challenges in the field today: understanding "emergence" (when the whole adds up to much more than the sum of its parts), creating new materials (high-strength plastics, superconductors, photovoltaic devices), mimicking products and processes of nature (artificial bone), and finding green ways to manufacture products, create chemical reactions, treat waste, and generate energy.

"Chemistry and Materials." The National Science Foundation. 18 May 2007. The National Science Foundation.
Chemistry and Materials