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Metallocenes, Catalysis
ZIEGLER POLYMERIZATION; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST; METALLOCENE. Expert has made major contributions in metallocene catalysts used for Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization. He has studied new methods for generating catalysts, polymerization mechanisms, and structures of intermediates in catalytic polymerization. ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS. Expert…
Electrochemical Processing
Expert is an internationally recognized expert in the area of organic electrochemistry. He has spent more than 20 years in the Electrochemistry Group at Monsanto actively engaged in discovery and development of electrochemical processes for many electroorganic synthesis reactions (electrochemical…
Adhesives
Expert has developed, manufactured, marketed, and sold polymeric additives (polyamides) which are formulated into PVC plastisols/organosols to promote adhesion of the PVC coating to various substrates. Expert also has PVC formulating experience required to design products which are used as…
Chemistry
Expert has experience synthesizing and characterizing novel electrophilies, i.e., classical and nonclassical carbocations, carbodications, halonium ions, oxonium ions, thioacylium ions, selenonium ions and nitrenium ions in low nucleophilicity highly superacidic solvent systems using low temperature NMR spectroscopy. He has studied…
Medical Diagnostic Tests
MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST FORMULATING; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SEMISYNTHETIC POLYMER. Expert has spent 21 years engaged in adapting analytical techniques to the quantitative analysis of medically significant substances. This has involved combining pH buffers, enzymes, chromogens, and stabilizers to make a marketable…
Life Support and Low-Temperature Plasma
Expert has expertise in life support systems for humans in space. He has extensive experience in physico-chemical approaches to recycling water and oxygen in space, oxygen storage, and processing solid wastes. He is very knowledgeable of water vapor electrolysis for…
Polymer Additives, Agrochemicals, Flame Retardants of Polymers and Textiles, Phosphorus Chemistry
FLAME RETARDANCY OF POLYMERS AND TEXTILES; FABRIC FLAMMABILITY. Expert has over 30 years of experience in the design, synthesis, and formulation of flame-retardant additives, reactives, monomers, and textile finishes. He invented several successful commercial products used in the field, and…
Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
Expert has been involved in the development of a number of features for these devices. These include the dual cell, programmed swept radio frequency excitation, external ion injection, and mass separation. He has also been able to utilize this concept…
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.…
Powder Processing/Fabrication
Expert (prefers Expert ) has devoted most of his recent career to developing processing techniques, procedures, equipment, and control systems for preparing powders and forming/shaping components. This work has covered the full range of operation necessary for manufacturing ceramic components.…