What are the major research fields in chemistry?
A. Chemistry, as mentioned above, is the science of materials. The chemists are the only ones trained to break and form chemical bonds. The chemists are the only people who can create new chemicals, new materials from different starting materials, and thus create new materials with new properties – this is the most important aspect of chemistry. Therefore, the research fields do not necessarily fall within the classically defined chemical topics, as they are taught in university classes. Chemistry, beside the basic studies in the area, has become a bridge between life sciences and technology. One can find many chemists collaborating with biologists, physicians, or pharmacologists, and at the same time it is common to see chemists join research groups dealing with composite materials, electrical devices and computer components. Many new fields of research are combinations and overlapping of closely or distantly related fields, such as bioinorganic studies, surface chemistry, or photoele
