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Homogeneous Catalysis, Water oxidation, CH oxidation, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry
Expert is an expert in alkane and alkene chemistry and can provide insight into aspects of oxidation, partial oxidation, hydrogenation, hydrosilation, hydroformylation, and polymerization. Expert is knowledgeable of all aspects of the synthesis, structure, uses, and reactions of organometallic compounds…
Laboratory Management; Quality Assurance/Control
Expert has demonstrated expertise with the design, development, and start-up of laboratory facilities. These facilities have been used for analytical testing, physical characterization, environmental sample conditioning, and drug stability testing. He has specified and implemented purified water systems, sample conditioning…
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Statistics, Chemometrics, and Software Development
Expert has expertise in the design and development of spectroscopic instrumentation, particularly in the near-infrared spectral region. He was on the design team for several of the instruments produced by a major manufacturer. He was the chief system troubleshooter, integrating…
Electronic Design and Development
Expert has designed and developed for manufacture linear photodiode array, line-scan CCD and CCD area array-based cameras--either cryogenic or thermoelectric (Peltier) cooled, or uncooled. He helps clients by reviewing their application or existing designs and then recommends optical sensors and…
Wood Science, Wood Chemistry, Wood Coatings, Recycling
Expert has been involved in research in weathering of wood for the past 20 years. He studies wood discoloration, surface oxidation, and surface protections. He uses electron spin resonance to characterize free radicals (formation, termination) and mechanisms of weathering. He…
Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Analysis of Metal Ions by Chelation with Organic Ligands, etc.
FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY. Expert has worked in the area of fluorescence spectroscopy for almost thirty years. He has published extensively on the influences of pH and solvent composition upon fluorescence spectra and has used these phenomena to study the rates and…
Nuclear Oil Well Logging
NUCLEAR OIL WELL LOGGING; HYDROCARBON DETECTION. Expert (Expert initially, then Expert) is a physicist with extensive knowledge of nuclear oil well logging. His primary area of focus has been on neutron and gamma-ray transport to determine the presence of hydrocarbons…
Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramic Powders and Single Crystals
Expert has used microencapsulation as a method to prepare multicomponent ceramic powders containing two to five components. He developed (and is in the process of patenting) the first dry microencapsulation process that also can be used as a granulation method.…
Thin Films, Coatings, and Instruments
Expert has more than fifteen years of experience in the areas of experimental thin films and coatings. The range of thin films include, AL, Cr, Ni-Cr, Pd, Au, SeGe, In, polyvinylalcohol, polyvilylchloride, Si0x, electroless Au, electroless Ni, and electroless Pd.…
Material Analysis/Spectroscopy
During the past 15 years, Expert's research has become increasingly oriented toward vibrational spectroscopy, particularly Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. In the early 1980s, he developed modern step-scan FT-IR instrumentation for photoacoustic and photothermal spectroscopy of surfaces and opaque or…