By far, the best-known successes in this arena have occurred in the pharmaceutical industry, which, in the search for new drugs, was the first market sector to apply CombiSci to the discovery process. Although at much more embryonic stages of development, CombiSci-derived breakthroughs are also beginning to emerge in the discovery of materials with enhanced luminescent, ferroelectric, magnetorestrictive, and dielectric properties, and in heterogeneous, homogeneous, and bio-catalysis.
The ICD focuses largely on opportunities in the materials and catalysis components of CombiSci , both of which are beginning to emerge as vital research areas. The goal of the ICD is to rapidly and firmly establish ISU at the forefront of research in CombiSci , both nationally and internationally. In these areas, CombiSci presents unparalleled prospects for the formation of a far-reaching research and education program with inherent connections to many departments and research units across the ISU campus, and the formation of the ICD represents the fulfillment of this objective.
