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Novel Display Technology; Functional Materials; Organic, Printed and Large Area Electronics
Expert has worked for over 20 years in industrial R&D on a variety of advanced functional materials primarily for photonics and electronics applications. After several years of work in vertically nanostructured Langmuir-Blodgett films for nonlinear optics, he was an initiator…
Engineering Cokeless Furnaces, Slurry Pipelines, Slurry Hydrocracking, Oilsand Engineering, and Tailings
Expert is a specialist in the design of gas-fired furnaces for melting of metals. He received in 2017 a grant from the National Science Foundation for the design of a cokeless melting system for ferrous castings. Expert is the author…
Membrane Technology, Process Development and Innovation Processes
Expert has broad experience ranging from fundamentals of membrane science to commercial applications in chemical separation, industrial gas separations, pervaporation, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofilteration, reverse osmosis, membrane bio-reactors, gas-liquid contactors, fuel cell and battery separator membranes. Hands-on experience in hollow-fiber and…
Polymer Chemistry, Optical Polymers, Organic Chemistry
Acrylic resins or "acrylics" as they are more commonly known in the trade, are dominated by a relatively few number of molecules such as butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate. However by esterifying acrylic or methacrylic acid it is possible to…
Personal Care Cosmetics, Skin & Underam Care-Formulation Development-Application-Claim Support, INC Regulations, Ingredients, Formulation, Expert Witness
Besides working as Senior Principle Scientist for Kao Brands (Curel Technical Brand Mgr, Jergens Technical Leader, Ban AP innovation, John Frieda Innovation), Expert has worked for Dow Corning as a Senior Technical Service Scientist in the field of silicone chemistry,…
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…
Surfactant Formulations, Microemulsions, Colloidal Dispersion, Improved Oil Recovery, etc.
Expert has applied his understanding of adsorption theory and phenomenon for contaminant fate and transport, for environmental cleanup and technologies development. He is also familiar with the interactions of surfactant and solid media, and adsorption of organic contaminants and other…
Europe Based Chemical Process Development: Troubleshooting, Yield, Quality, Cost Reduction
When evaluating the level of process control, the expert uses the concept of "Quality Windows". He will quantify to what extend the process is erratic and how that contributes to the (lack of) capability of the process. Depending on the…
Digital Printing, Inks, Flexible Packaging, Coatings Materials & Processes, UV Cure, Printed Electronics
Some clients call expert "our reserve technical director", referencing his ability to succeed with any activity a manufacturing technical director may be assigned. Such activities range from issues a vendor may have with its suppliers through to those of an…
Semiconductor Post Etch Residue Cleaning, Post CMP Cleaning and CMP Slurries, Photoinitiator Process
Expert managed the initial stages for the ITX photoinitiator process as an applied organic chemist. He designed research parameters and the design of experiments to define process parameters and process economics. This product had annual sales of $3+ MM. Interacted…