Addressing Scalability Issues in Molecular Engineering for Next Generation Materials

Abstract

Innovations in molecular engineering have the capacity to yield paradigm changing discoveries in numerous industries, including healthcare, electronics, and energy. The absence of high volume molecular production hampers the ability to transform these discoveries into commercially viable products. This paper tackles some of the challenges that molecular engineering faces in production volume, particularly in molecular engineering’s synthesis, homogeneity, and cost. We analyze the literature for synthesis and homogeneity challenges and propose novel programmable synthesis, syntheses that bring cost and energy efficiency, and green methodologies to molecular engineering, to address these challenges. The aim is to address the barriers to functional nanomaterials and their commercial application. The synthesis and engineering of molecular nanomaterials is the nexus of computation and engineering, and the practice is the epicenter of the engineering nexus, where quantum engineering and molecular nanomaterials intersect. We offer efficient and novel production technologies to satisfy diverse industries’ demand for high value and optimized materials.