This Book Examines The Principles Of Mechanics As They Apply To Chemistry And, More Particularly, Catalysis. It's A Unique, Comprehensive Resource Focusing On Unconventional Time-dependent (mechanical) Catalysis, Instead Of The More Familiar Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) Catalysis. A Key Resource For Chemists, Biochemists, And Chemical Engineers, This Is Also A Reference For Students Of Complex Systems Science And Researchers In A Variety Of Fields, Including Economics, Evolution, Weather Forecasting, Traffic Management, And Networking.--jacket. Introduction To Thermodynamic (energy-dependent) And Mechanical (time-dependent) Processes : What Are They And How Are They Manifested In Chemistry And Catalysis? / Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, And Enzymatic Catalysis ; A Shared Terminology And Conceptual Platform ; The Alternative Of Time-dependence In Catalysis / Gerhard F. Swiegers -- A Conceptual Description Of Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) And Time-dependent (mechanical) Processes In Chemistry And Catalysis / Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Time-dependence In Heterogeneous Catalysis ; Sabatier's Principle Describes Two Independent Catalytic Realms: Time-dependent (mechanical) Catalysis And Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) Catalysis / Gerhard F. Swiegers --^ Time-dependence In Homogeneous Catalysis. 1. Many Enzymes Display The Hallmarks Of Time-dependent (mechanical) Catalysts ; Nonbiological Homogeneous Catalysts Are Typically Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) Catalysts / Robin Brimblecombe, Jun Chen, Junhua Huang, Ulrich T. Mueller-westerhoff, And Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Time-dependence In Homogeneous Catalysis. 2. The General Actions Of Time-dependent (mechanical) And Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) Catalysts / Robin Brimblecombe, Jun Chen, Junhua Huang, Ulrich T. Mueller-westerhoff, And Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Unifying The Many Theories Of Enzymatic Catalysis ; Theories Of Enzymatic Catalysis Fall Into Two Camps: Energy-dependent (thermodynamic) And Time-dependent (mechanical) Catalysis / Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Synergy In Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, And Enzymatic Catalysis ; The Ideal Catalyst / Gerhard F. Swiegers -- A Conceptual Unification Of Heterogeneous, Homogeneous, And Enzymatic Catalysis / Gerhard F. Swiegers --^ The Rational Design Of Time-dependent (mechanical) Homogeneous Catalysts ; A Literature Survey Of Multi-centered Homogeneous Catalysis / Junhua Huang, And Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Time-dependent (mechanical) Nonbiological Catalysis. 1. A Fully-functional Mimic Of The Water-oxidizing Center (woc) In Photosystem Ii (psii) / Robin Brimblecombe, G. Charles Dismukes, Greg A. Felton, Leone Spiccia, And Gerhard F. Swiegers -- Time-dependent (mechanical) Nonbiological Catalysis. 2. Highly Efficient, Biomimetic Hydrogen-generating Electrocatalysts / Jun Chen, Junhua Huang, Gerhard F. Swiegers, Chee O. Too, And Gordon G. Wallace -- Time-dependent (mechanical) Nonbiological Catalysis. 3. A Readily Prepared, Convergent, Oxygen-reduction Electrocatalyst / Jun Chen, Gerhard F. Swiegers, Gordon G. Wallace, And Weimin Zhang -- Appendix A. Why Is Saturation Not Observed In Catalysts That Display Conventional Kinetics --^ Appendix B. Graphical Illustration Of The Processes Involved In The Saturation Of Molecular Catalysts. Editor, Gerhard F. Swiegers. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.