CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 5, MAY 1999
Let the government help build your international business(W) 11
Network with potential partners and clients using the worldwide
business centers of the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service.
Tish Falco
E N A BLING SCIENCE
Electrochemistry and soft lithography: A route to 18
3-D microstructures
The techniques used for building metal structures at the macro level
do not scale down easily. But these versatile methods do.
Rehecca J. Jackman, George M. Whilesides
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Nanosponges: From inclusion chemistry to water purifying technology 31
These nanoporous polymers, based on cyclodextrin, may be able to
compete with activated carbon in performance, cost, and availability.
DeQuan Li, Mill Ma
New polymers for single-layer LEDs 41
The challenge is to improve the electron-transport properties of a
polymer while preserving its photoluminescent efficiency.
ZhoNGHUA PenG, ZHenan Bao, Marv E. Galvin
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Visionary manufacturing challenges for 2020 49
How will manufacturers acquire the necessary tools, technologies, and
talent to succeed?
Committee on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges,
National Research Council
Estimating the cost of a multistep process 58
Economics can be derived based only on the knowledge of the
synthesis route and the targeted yearly output.
Albert Halm
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 1, JANUARY 1999
Bohr's quadrant: Where will basic research lead?w 9
If Congress is concerned about the return on its research investment,
the focus should be on the innovation process itself, which includes
science education, standards, and tax policy that allow all the pieces
of a technology lo be brought together.
Robert M. White
How do you assess the value of your technology? 14
Managing technology is about managing risk. It's easy to fall into the
traps, pitfalls, and snares of the valuation process and forget that risk
should correlate positively with reward.
F. Peter Boer
Understanding catalysis using analytical characterization 23
As analytical techniques have gotten more sophisticated, the catalyst
chemist can deliver new commercial catalysts and improve existing
industrial catalysts.
James F. Braz.dil
Efficient natural gas technologies: A response to global warming 31
For this proposed all-natural gas economy, the savings in the fuel bill
for the United States could be as much as $69 billion per year.
Meyer Steinberg
Mi-based catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane 37
This potentially important reaction has been studied for years and has
not led to a practical technology due to a serious coking problem.
These catalysts show promise.
G. Q. (M^) Lit, Shclobin Wang
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLAGE
The dynamics of the advanced composites industry 46
As the industry heads toward the goal of decreased reliance on the
aerospace industry, it should become more applications-driven than
technology-driven and more customer-focused than product-focused.
Stephen C. Forsyth
Innovator's Notebook 1
Write On 2
P.S- 2 I
Heart Cut 3
Comment 7
The engineer's responsibility for
quality
Michael C. Loui
Touring the Internet 13
Patent Watch 44
Management Insights 51
Author's Guide 55
The Last Word IBC
Test your science IQ!
Joseph A. Schwarc
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1999
STARTING THE PROCESS
Managing breakthrough innovation 8
Ideas oil how to maximize the value of breakthrough technology have
been gleaned from an ongoing study of 10 large firms.
Mark P. Rice
Global competitiveness depends on effective people management 14
The human resource management practices of multinational
companies are an important element in securing competitive
advantage.
Uihiti K. Stf'oh, Paula M. Caligiuri
ENABLING SCIENCE
Lanthanide triflates as unique Lewis acids(w) 23
The field of lanthanide-catalyzed organic reactions in aqueous
solvents has evolved considerably over the past few years.
Wenhua Xie, Yafei Jin, Peng George Wang
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Sol-gel encapsulated transition-metal catalysts 32
A variety of industrially important processes that use these catalysts
are described.
JochcllUlil Blum, David Avnir, Herbert Schnnian)f
Applications for cross-linked siloxane particles 39
Exemplified by Tospearl, a product manufactured by Toshiba
Silicones, these materials are finding use in a diverse range of
products.
Robert J. Perry
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Global patenting trends 47
The information gained from this kind of analysis can help countries
and companies think about where opportunities might be and how
they can best capitalize on those opportunities.
Michael D. Albert, Phyllis Genther Yoshida, Dehra van Opstal
DEPARTMENTS
Innovator's Notebook 1
Write On 2
Heart Cut 3
Legal Findings 6
Patent Watch 30
Touring the Internet 45
Rudy's Digest 64
The Last Word IBC
English is a crazy language
Richard Lederer
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29. NO. 3, MARCH 1999
STARTING THE PROCESS
Laboratory notebooks: A medieval artifact in an electronic world 6
A simple, reliable bridge between the traditional paper system and the
promise of an entirely electronic notebook is examined.
Rose Ann Dabek, Joe Orndorff
Building confidence within a strategic alliance 13
The type of alliance dictates the degree of confidence for success.
This confidence comes from two distinct sources—trust and control.
T. K. Das, Bing-Sheng Teng
ENABLING SCIENCE
Create a protein microarray using a hydrogel "stamper" 20
The technology could be used to produce disposable "biochips" for
low-cost, multiplexed sensing and diagnostic applications.
Brace P. Gaber, Brett D, Martin, David C. Turner
Designing sulfur-resistant, noble-metal hydrotreating catalysts' 26
This new approach could lead to more efficient, low-temperature
catalysts for cleaner transportation fuels.
Chunshan Song
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Filtering organic solutes from water 33
Dodecyidimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) vesicles with different
diameters effectively remove organic pollutants from water using
ultraFiltration. The method has been tested for a variety of compounds
and conditions.
Masahiko Abe, Yukishige Kondo
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
The U.S. environmental industry 45
To move this $181 billion-per-year industry out of its slow growth
mode will require attention to the changing needs of both private and
public sector customers and an emphasis on the emerging global
environment lpomental markets.
Grant Ferrier
DEPARTMENTS
Innovator's Notebook 1
Write On 2
Heart Cut 3
Touring the Internet 18
Carol DeAngelo
Patent Watch 31
Rudy's Digest 42
Management Insights 43
The Last Word IBC
Marking time
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 4, APRIL 1999
STARTING THE PROCESS
Linking R&D and marketing 7
introducing new products can be diFFicult in large companies.
Bringing marketing into the process of helping choose R&D directions
is one way to overcome that difficulty.
Gunter W. Festel
ENABLING SCIENCE
Molecular recognition using surface template polymerization(W) 12
The surface-imprinted polymers created can be used for such diverse
applications as the separation of lanthanides, the separation of
enantiomers, and as biomimetic enzyme catalysts.
Kt^uya Vcut, Mustihiro Yoshida, Masahiro Goto, Shintaro Furusaki
Speeding catalyst discovery and optimization 21
They have already shown their power in the pharmaceutical industry,
but rapid screening and combinatorial methods can be equally
effective for industrial catalysts.
Robert H. Crahlree
D E VEL 0 P I N K T E 0 II N 0 1 0 G Y
Using self-assembling monolayers for sensors 30
SAMs can produce sensors for use in consumer and personal products
that are cost-efficient, robust, and reproducible.
Dennis S. Everhart
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Licensing: Not business as usual 41
Licensing has emerged as a primary strategy to extract value from
existing assets. Commitment at all levels of the organization is
essential for success.
Jack T. Peregrim, Randolph J. Guschl, Jay B. Rappaport
The future of the national laboratories 47
If we don't exploit the partnership between our national laboratories,
industry, and research universities, we will squander our most critical
advantage in the global technology arena.
Alexander MacLachlan
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial 1
P.S. 2
Heart Cut 3
Touring the Internet 11
Patent Watch 19
Comment 38
Standing in the gap
W. David Sheasley
Legal Findings 51
The Last Word IBC
Life in the interrupt mode
Robert W. Lucky
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29. NO. 6, JUNE 1999
STARTING THE PROCESS
Landscapes, games, and maps for technology planning 8
Sandia National Laboratories has developed and implemented several
technology-planning tools that can help you identify R&D areas that
are key to your company's future success.
David F. Beck, Kevin W. Boyack, Olin H. Bnay Warren D. Siefuens
ENABLING SCIENCE
Antifreeze proteins and their genes: From basic research
to business opportunity(w) 17
New protein technology can substantially increase revenues in
industries ranging from food production and storage to cryosurgery.
Garth L. Fletcher, Sally V. Goddard, Yaling Wn
Transition-metal-catalyzed living-radical polymerization 30
CareFul selection of catalysts and initiation systems can lead to
surprisingly well-controlled production of polystyrenes, acrylics, and
other macromolecules.
Mitsllo Sawamolo, Masami Kamigaito
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Development of affordable soy-based plastics, resins,
and adhesives 44
Renewable resources such as soy-based polymers are commercially
attractive for their potential high-volume applications in a wide variety
of industries.
Richard R Wool
Formulating stable nanocolloidal dispersions
for photographic films 49
New wetting-agent technology provides film manufacturers with the
ability to improve colloid synthesis by condensation methods.
Krishnun Chari
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Howtobeafirst-to-marketcompany 56
Focusing on the advantages they hope to gain, companies can
minirtlizc problems associated with new product development.
Barbara Dyer, Ashok K. Gupta, David Wilemon
DEPARTMENTS
Chemist at Large 1
P.S. 2
Heart Cut 3
Legal Findings 6
Book Alert 28
Touring the Internet 29
Patent Watch 39
Comment 41
Examining the reliability of
business information
Sy Friedman
The Last Word IBC
The Janus element
David Birkett
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 7, JULY 1999
ENABLING SCIENCE
(x-Haloboronic esters: Versatile reagents for
asymmetric synthesis 6
Boronic esters provide high stereoselection and control of absolute
configuration as enzyme inhibitors, in enolate reactions, and in the
synthesis of insect pheromones, carbohydrates, and arnino acids.
Donald S. Malteson
New applications of polyaminoquinones 15
Discovered almost a century ago, polyaminoquinones are now
finding new applications in adhesion technology.
Eleonura Vaccaro, Daniel A. Scola
Novel, highly active iron and cobalt catalysts for olefin
polymerization 24
Demand is growing for linear low-density polyethylene and high-
density polyethylene. Transition-metal catalysts allow controlled
bulk synthesis at moderate temperatures and pressures.
Alison M. A. Bennett
EXPLORING BIOTECHNOLOGY
Does caffeine lead to psychological dependence?(w) 30
How dependent are you on that cup of coffee? Many of us feel
that we are "hooked", but biochemical studies on the cerebrum
indicate otherwise.
Astrid Nehlig
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Dyeing to be clean: use supercritical carbon dioxide 36
In the dyeing of textiles and polymers, supercritical CO2 offers
new hope in water pollution prevention.
Sergei G. Ka^arian, Noel H. Brantley, Charles A. Eckert
SOCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Capitalizing on investments in science and technology 50
How well does the United States fare in its research investments,
and how can capitalization be sustained and made more effective
in a continually changing world?
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
DEPARTMENTS
Chemist at Large 1
Book Alert 2
Heart Cut 3
Comment 42
Integrating research and education
Janet Osteryoung
Patent Watch 45
Touring the Internet 48
The National Library of
Medicine's free online databases
Carol DeAngelo
The Last Word 64
The massive challenge
Peter Gwynne
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CHEMTECH (PRINTED)
VOL. 29, NO. 8, AUGUST 1999
STRING THE PROCESS
Does U.S. graduate education work for the chemical industry? 7
Preparing our graduates for the global marketplace is no small task.
The Council lor Chemical Research examined worldwide practices
to see which features of the U.S. graduate education curriculum might
be improved.
G. V. Reklaitis, Karin Bartels
Back to the future for corporate growth(w) 16
Companies are breaking away from traditional means to enhance
the bottom line by developing technologies that will allow them to
enter new business arenas.
Animm Shapiro, Tavor White
ENABLING SCIENCE
A proposal for an ammonia economy 28
Farmers use it to fertilize crops. Homeowners use it to clean
windows. Now researchers are looking at ammonia as an environ-
mentally benign fuel.
Robert B. Steele
EXPLORING BIOTECHNOLOGY
Molecular design of antioxidative and antimicrobial agents 37
Antioxidative-antirnicrobial cocktails provide new hope for
combatting the browning effect in food storage and processing.
lsao Kubo
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY
Colored mulch for food crops 45
Reflected light from red plastic mulch can improve the yield
and quality of crops.
Michael J. Kasperbauer
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
How technology got a boost from the Japanese Patent Office 53
The Japanese system encourages learning through the modification
of existing technologies in patent applications.
Christine A. McDaniel, Keith E. Maskus
DEPARTMENTS
Chemist at Large 1
P.S. 2
Heart Cut 3
Comment 24
Science at the speed of business
Nancy K. McGuire
Patent Watch 25
Touring the Internet 35
Legal Findings 51
The debate on biosafety
Paul F. McQuade
Author's Guide 59
The Last Word IBC
You met the challenge—II!
Marc C. Fitzgerald
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CHEMTECH
VOL. 29, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1999
STARTING THE PROCESS
Guide to intellectual property asset management 6
In today's marketplace, companies must inventory and manage ideas
as well as products and services.
Hanh T.Pham , Carl. B. Horton
ENABLING SCIENCE
Anion carriers: New tools for crossing membranes 16
Selective "carrier" molecules transport ionic species across normally
impermeable membranes. These molecules could remove pollutants
or be used to treat cystic fibrosis and AIDS.
Jonathan L. Sessler, William E. Alien
Molecular simulations in heterogeneous catalysis(W) 27
Catalysts by design: From alkylation to Ziegler-Natta polymerization.
Clive M. Freeman, George Fitzgerald, Dominic King-Smith,
John M. Newsam
EXPLORING BIOTECHNOLOGY
Engineering a revolution 34
Directed evolution gives rise to a new generation of catalysts.
JoseptlAffholter, Frances H. Arnold
DEVELOPING TECHN0L0GY
How to get higher selectivity and yields of isobutylene 45
Rare earth materials hold promise as catalytic supports for the
oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutane to isobutylene.
Manh Hoang, Joseph F. Mafhews, Kerry C. Pratt
SUCCEEDING IN THE MARKETPLACE
Japanese steel and chemical cartels 49
Is it simple economics or covert trading practices driving the success
of the Japanese steel and chemical industries?
Mark C. Tilton
DEPARTIVIENTS
Chemist at Large 1
Book Alert 2
Heart Cut 3
Touring the Internet(W) 14
Nuts & bolts: An Internet toolbox
Carol DeAngelo
Patent Watch 25
Distillations 43
The Last Word IBC
The curse of Tantalus
David Birkett
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