id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1875 Combinatorial Chemistry: A Guide for Librarians .html text/html 5930 339 49 In the 1980s a need to synthesize many chemical compounds rapidly and inexpensively spawned a new branch of chemistry known as combinatorial chemistry. While the techniques of this rapidly growing field are used primarily to find new candidate drugs, combinatorial chemistry is also finding other applications in various fields such as semiconductors, catalysts, and polymers. cache/istl-1875.html txt/istl-1875.txt