Klaus Hunger (Dr. rer. nat., TU München) was the research director of the hydrazone pigments unit at Hoechst AG. Today, he is the Managing Director of Decernis GmbH. Martin U. Schmidt (Dr. rer. nat., Aachen) was employed at Hoechst AG, later Clariant, in the pigment research group. Today, he is a professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. His main research interest is the determination of crystal structures of industrial organic pigments and pharmaceuticals.
... This volume can be recommended unreservedly to industrial and academic practitioners concerned in any way with the technological aspects of organic pigments... Dyes and Pigments ... The authors have succeeded to present an excellent and critical review on the state of the art of organic pigments... This book has already become a standard in the field of organic coatings science... Progress in Organic Coatings ... This book is a very wide-ranging reference work...it would be difficult to find a topic in this field that is not covered. Ecochem ... This present volume is an especially welcome addition to the current texts on colouring matters... The volume can be recommended unreservedly to industrial and academic practitioners. Presentation throughout is of highest quality and the volume must now become the standard reference text in this important area of colouring matters. Dyes and Pigments A complete presentation of organic pigments in the context of their industrial importance, without competition as far as presentation and content are concerned... An outstanding performance by the two authors, who have probably created a future standard reference work. Einkaufszentrale fur offentliche Bibliotheken ...The book shows masterly treatment of the subject with high-quality presentation... Chemical Engineering World ...The eclecticism of the present work is a tribute to the authors in having succeeded, so very eminently, in providing us with such a highly and commendably useful work in an area where many other authors have failed. In other words, a book that can be profitably lined up on any technological bookshelf in the English-speaking world, as being a paradigm of technological publishing excellence in the field of industrial organic pigments. Paint India ...This book definitely fills a gap in the literature of pigment application properties and can be recommended to every technologist working in this subject area. Nachrichten aus Chemie, Technik und Laboratorium ...a comparable work does not exist... Kunststoffe ...the strength of this work lies in the logic and consequence of its structure. Thanks to its clarity, the numerous tables and the index, one can quickly find a comprehensive answer to almost every question in the subject area of organic pigments... This versatile reference work can be warmly recommended to every specialist in the paints and coatings, printing inks, and pigment production industry. farbe und lack ...it can serve as an introduction to the subject for novice pigment users or pigment developers, most of who subsequently keep it to hand as a valuable reference source... There is no other comparable book that covers the physical fundamentals, chemistry, and applications properties of organic pigments so comprehensively, and in so compact and attractive a form. Peter Erk, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen Angewandte Chemie IE 2004-43/34