ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry, sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive, Håkan Wennerström,Lund University. ...

The Committee on Divisional Activities (DAC) received a request from the Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry to change its ... name to the Division of Colloids, Surfaces & Nanomaterials. Six divisions have registered opposition to the proposed name, ...

Seeberger of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces, who was not involved in the synthesis. "It illustrates what is ...

In recent work, Bolands group showed that even when the surface is sparingly covered with halogen atoms, roughening cannot be avoided because of the existence of a driving force that makes the atoms cluster together [Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 096103 (2004)]. The driving force is a "fundamentally new" type of interaction that lowers the surface energy of the silicon surface, according to Boland. Even at low surface concentrations, attraction between bare silicon atoms on the surface drives the halogen atoms to form patches. The attraction results in surface roughening, making it impossible to maintain an atomically flat surface under etching conditions.. ...