This revised and expanded edition of a groundbreaking textbook provides a four-step process for chemical product design: needs, ideas, selection and manufacture. Numerous real-world examples and homework problems give ample illustrative and assessment material, whilst four new chapters set out the different product types (commodities, devices, molecules/drugs and microstructures).

Revised and expanded edition of a groundbreaking textbook for chemical product design courses, covering needs, ideas, selection and manufacture.