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Biobased Materials, Silica and Sol-Gel Chemistry, Green and Sustainable Chemistry
He is an expert in all aspects of silica and sol-gel chemistry. His expertise includes silica films and coatings, silica insulators, fumed silica, spherical silica, silica supports, silica coatings for ceramics, silica in polymer composites and also hybrid silica organic…
Characterization and Development of Silica/Silicate Based Materials
Expert has been responsible for characterizing and developing silica based materials, in particular silica, silicate and zeolite catalyst supports and absorbents at his two employers, PQ Corporation and W.R. Grace. He used many modern analytical instruments for characterizing these materials.…
Bionanosciences, Nanomaterial interfacing & targeting, Cell biology & biophysics, Molecular imaging, Microscopy
The expert has been actively designing and developing surface chemistries and coatings that allow a controlled organic/inorganic interfacing of colloidal nanomaterials with biomolecules. Over the past 14 years, projects carried out by the expert have focused on engineering the surface…
Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Sol-gel Sciences, Optics, Biotechnology, Glass, Ceramics, Spectroscopy
Expert is a specialist of sol-gel chemistry. He developed a new non-aqueous method for sol-gel glass coating to obtain transparent films for integrated optics and photonics using polysiloxane materials. The aim was to obtain low-softening temperature glasses to permit facile…
Paper Chemicals – World-Wide Market, Business, Products, Applications, Sourcing, etc.
Over 25 years experience of paper chemicals and their application and marketing to industry world-wide: - Generation and selection of new product ideas - R&D and R&D management - Introduction into production - Market introduction - Marketing of new products…
Fuel Cell Manufacturing
Expert has been developing chemical process technology for industrial materials and chemical firms for over 14 years. He has developed several novel chemical processes, including those for synthesis of advanced ceramic powders, pigments, and a wide range of inorganic materials.…
Materials Processing
SIZE REDUCTION OF SOLIDS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION). Expert (prefers "Expert") has spent a significant portion of his career in size reduction technology, chiefly involving himself with the identification, selection, and qualification of crushing, grinding, and milling processes. He has developed processes…
Chemistry of Materials
APPLIED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Expert has extensive experience in applied inorganic chemistry. Using new sol-gel methods that employ hydrogen peroxide, Expert has made a variety of ceramics and minerals, for example, forsterite, enstatite, and members of the olivine family. Sols (colloidal…
Applied Silica Chemistry
SILICA AND SILICATE CHEMISTRY The primary focus of Expert's technical work since 1974 has been the chemistry of soluble silica and products derived from silica. These include precipitated products, gels, and sols. He is currently studying the interaction of colloidal…