Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction. What is chemical imaging? ; Chemical imaging and fundamental challenges ; Chemical imaging
  • why now? ; Focus of this report
  • 2. Utilizing chemical imaging to address scientific and technical challenges: case studies. A grand challenge for chemical imaging ; Understanding and controlling complex chemical processes ; Imaging techniques ; Case studies
  • 3. Imaging techniques: state of the art and future potential. Optical imaging and magnetic resonance ; Electron, x-ray, ion, and neutron spectroscopy ; Proximal probes ; Image processing
  • 4. Committee findings and recommendations. A grand challenge for chemical imaging ; Areas of imaging research ; Institutional change
  • Appendixes. Statement of task ; Committee member biographies ; Guest panelists ; Acronyms and abbreviations.