Impact of Information Technology in Chemical Research

The field of Information Technology has developed vastly in a past few decades and is used as an integral part of advanced research in many areas. Information technology provided chemical science and technology with truly remarkable and revolutionary resources for computations, communications, and data management. Chemists use databases and data mining to suggest molecular structures, quantum chemistry to predict their stability, and statistical mechanics methods to calculate their properties and interactions with other species. This article aims to give an overview of role of information technology in chemical research. It describes how sophisticated simulation tools and techniques of informational technology helps in various aspects of research in chemistry. Description of one noteworthy application of IT is also given highlighting role of IT. It can be concluded that recent development in computers and software open many doors for new research in chemical sciences and providing opportunity in research and development. The chemical sciences in the twenty-first century will include information, computation, and communications capabilities as both assets and challenges.