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"The more you can solve problems that people actually care about, the more fun it is."
ROBERT H. GRUBBS, 2005 NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRYp. 25

July 11, 2011

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Highlights

Cover Story

Electronic Complexity

Materials suppliers must stay on the cutting edge to keep pace with demand for smaller, faster, and brighter electronics. (pp. 9-18)

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Government & Policy

Powering Innovation (Member Content)

Energy Department's latest programs target critical energy challenges. (pp. 27-30)

Science & Technology

Camp Chemistry

The National Organic Symposium makes for intense summertime bonding. (pp. 33-35)

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Table of Contents

Cover Story

Electronic Chemicals p. 9

Behind the scenes, materials suppliers help make electronics faster, brighter, smaller, cheaper.

Materials Enable Memory Advances pp. 10-13

Development of emerging memory architectures relies on material innovations.

A Tiny Problem pp. 14-16

Lithography industry extends old technique in face of setbacks with new one.

Bright Outlook For LED Precursor pp. 17-18

Large new applications are behind boom in the trimethylgallium business.

News Of The Week

Reports Detail A Massive Case Of Fraud p. 4

Misconduct: Documents reveal Bengü Sezen's winding trail of deception.

Clearing Skies p. 5

Clean Air: EPA rule curbs pollutants from power plants in eastern U.S.

Companies Eye Russian Links p. 5

Partnerships: Drug and chemical firms scope out the landscape in a market primed for growth.

Controlling Cell Signaling p. 6

Tissue Engineering: Preorganization allows signal-induced changes to occur faster.

Long Grain Rice Suits Settled p. 6

Bayer has settled with U.S. farmers over contamination by its modified rice crop.

Promoting Global Science p. 7

Initiative: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research aims to build research capacity abroad.

Protein Regulates Sunburn Pain p. 7

Drug Target: Chemokine CXCL5 boosts skin's tenderness.

Mediator Gives Up A Few Secrets p. 8

Structural Biochemistry: View of transcription complex could aid mechanistic studies, drug discovery.

Marye Anne Fox To Step Down p. 8

People: UC San Diego chancellor will return to chemical research and teaching next summer.

Business

Bioplastics Gathering pp. 21-22 (Member Content)

At the first BioPlastek forum, delegates met for an exchange of information and pointed discussion.

De-Risking Business pp. 23-24 (Member Content)

At BIO, pharma executives pondered how to advance science in a risk-averse environment.

C&EN Talks With Robert Grubbs p. 25 (Member Content)

Nobel Laureate shares his views on commercializing science developed in an academic lab.

Business Concentrates pp. 19-20 (Member Content)

This Week Online

Tracking Cigarette Chemicals Puff By Puff

Air Quality: Technique separates, identifies, and quantifies smoke compounds as they change.

Perfluorochemicals Linked With Impulsivity

Industrial Pollutants: Scientists find that high blood levels correlate with a core feature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The Physics Of Jackson Pollock

C&EN's Artful Science blog discusses recent studies on the fluid dynamics behind Pollock's telltale paint-dripping technique and the fractal nature of his work.

ACS Committees Check In

SciFinder enhancements and the state of congressional politics were among the many topics discussed by ACS committees at the Anaheim, Calif., national meeting.

Government & Policy

Powering Innovation pp. 27-30 (Member Content)

Energy Department's latest programs target critical energy challenges.

Budget: DOE Faces Cuts In 2012 Funding p. 30 (Member Content)

Government & Policy Concentrates p. 26 (Member Content)

Awards

ACS News

Actions By The ACS Board Of Directors At Its June Meeting p. 37

Official Reports From The Anaheim, Calif., ACS Meeting Web Exclusive

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Social Networking And C&EN

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Science & Technology

Camp Chemistry pp. 33-35

The National Organic Symposium makes for intense summertime bonding. Photo Gallery

Brett Fors: The Guy With The Namesake Ligand p. 34

Albert Matlack: The Guy With The Questions p. 35

Ancient Pigments Leave Metal Clues p. 36 (Member Content)

Metallic traces on fossils hint at the shade of feathers adorning extinct birds and dinosaurs.

Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 31-32

Meetings

2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive

C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.

The Departments

Letters pp. 2-3

Newscripts p. 40

Finishing 'Chemical-Free,' Fashionable MOFs.

C&EN Archives

C&EN Archives

Now the history of the chemical enterprise is instantly accessible online. C&EN Archives holds the complete collection of C&EN issues dated back from 1923, covering world chemical events, breakthroughs in research, technological advances, business and marketing ventures, government policy, career and education trends, and ACS milestones. With more than 500,000 pages of content, C&EN Archives is instantly accessible and fully searchable, allowing you to discover how the chemical enterprise developed into what it is today.

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Environmental SCENE News

Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater

Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant

Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.

House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act

Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.

Analytical SCENE News

New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins

Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.

Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts

Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.

Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue

Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.

Skeletons Come To Light

Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.

Analyzing Nuclear Processes

ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.

JACS Research In C&EN

Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid

ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.

Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead

Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.

Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed

The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.

Scaling Up The Axinellamines

A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.

A Revamped Vancomycin

Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.

CENtral Science

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