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Copyright © 2006 American Chemical Society
October 16, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 42
Volume 84, Issue 42
PAINTS AND COATINGS
Consolidation among paint material makers brings opportunities as well as risks
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October 16, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 42
October 16, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 42
Consolidation among paint material makers brings opportunities as well as risks
(pp. 13-16)
Features
Science & Technology
Budapest congress provides European forum for the key challenges at the frontiers of chemistry today (p.40)
Career & Employment
Genentech's blend of serious science and serious play makes it the 'best place to work' (pp. 59-66)
Cover Story: Paints and Coatings
Thermal Spray Goes Cool
New cold spray technique for high-performance coatings is the latest thing in surface modification
(pp. 18-20)Greening The Paint Market
Industry looks for new ways to reduce the environmental impact of paints and coatings
(pp. 21-23)Cyclodextrins Could Enhance Paint
Sugar-based molecule to help walls stay clean and pleasant smelling
Web ExclusiveNews of the Week
Laser Guides Reaction Outcome
Novel method uses light's electric field to steer reactions toward selected products
(p.7)Intramembrane Protease
Study suggests how protein cleavage in membranes might work
(p.8)Rohm And Haas Focuses Abroad
CEO Raj Gupta says firm will redeploy efforts to boost sales in rapidly industrializing regions
(p.8)Korean Blast Put Detectors On Spot
Monitoring system for explosions has again worked as designed
(p.9)Pfizer Set to Buy DNA Vaccine Firm
Drug major sees PowderMed's delivery system as a leg up in entering the vaccine market
(p.9)DuPont Sets Green Goals
Company aims to double green R&D spending, help avert global warming
(p.10)Nanoparticle Sheets Form Spontaneously
CdTe nanocrystals mimic proteins
(p.10)Molecules Get Suited Up
Novel assembly features one molecule clothed with another
(p.11)National Chemistry Week 2006
ACS's largest annual event, this year focused on chemistry and the home, begins on Oct. 22
(p.11)Departments
Business
German chemical giant says streamlining and acquisitions set the stage for North American success
(pp. 27-28)
Higher prices for most chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech shares sent indexes up in third quarter
(pp. 29-30)
European chemical council's new president aims to bolster innovation
(p.31)
Industry looks for new ways to reduce the environmental impact of paints and coatings
(pp. 21-23)
Sugar-based molecule to help walls stay clean and pleasant smelling
Web Exclusive
Consolidation among paint material makers brings opportunities as well as risks
(pp. 13-16)Concentrates
(pp. 25-26)
(pp. 25-26)- DuPont, Broin Advance Cellulosic Ethanol
- BASF boosts plasticizer
- Hercules celebrates R&D
- Alkermes buys RPI library
- Eastman sells polyethylene unit to Westlake
- Akzo Nobel plans major new China site
- Employment falls in September
- Pfizer joins pharma process consortium
- DuPont Selects Chinese Partner For Sorona
- Angel ascends at Praxair
- Belgian firm boosts biomarkers
- Aesica acquires Merck facility
- Business Round-up
- All Concentrates
ACS News
Teams of chemists honored for medical and green chemistry breakthroughs
(pp. 56-57)
Government & Policy
Businesses and governments discuss top-down, bottom-up approaches to averting irreversible dangerous changes
(pp. 33-36)
National Academies meeting builds on report that identifies actions to keep U.S. competitive
(pp. 37-38)Education
Chemistry students and faculty at two-year schools increasingly produce publishable results
(pp. 53-54)
Science & Technology
New cold spray technique for high-performance coatings is the latest thing in surface modification
(pp. 18-20)
Budapest congress provides European forum for the key challenges at the frontiers of chemistry today
(p.40)
ACS Meeting News: Symposium celebrates golden anniversaryof seminal electron-transfer and reaction-rate theories
(pp. 45-48)
Potpourri of surface studies rangesfrom model systems to complex reactions
(pp. 49-51)
New And Notable In The Chemical Industry
(p.52)Career & Employment
Genentech's blend of serious science and serious play makes it the 'best place to work'
(pp. 59-66)Newscripts
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