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Optical Instrument/Thin Films
OPTICAL THIN FILM COATING DESIGN. Expert has designed specialized optical coatings for commercial, aerospace, medical, and industrial applications. He is experienced in design optimization, performance modeling, procurement specification development, and deposition processes and materials for applications extending from the ultraviolet…
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…
Polymer Coating Technologies
Expert has designed numerous formulations serving commercial and industrial coating needs. Expert has experience in the development of coating products for graphic arts, inks, paints, lacquers, elastomerics, adhesives, chemically resistant coatings, decorative coatings, photosensitive coatings, anti-corrosive, and abrasive coatings. The…
Machine Vision, Image Processing, Optics, Illumination, and Non-Contact Inspection
Expert W. Expert, has over 26 years of experience developing and implementing automated inspection, measurement, and control systems. His efforts focus primarily on all types of non-contact inspection throughout the electro-magnetic spectrum, from visible light to infrared, ultraviolet, and NIR,…
Biochemistry and Enzymology
A primary focus of Expert E. Expert's research efforts has been the determination of the mechanism of action of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. He has applied a wide range of kinetic techniques, including steady-state and pre-steady-state studies, isotope effect studies, inhibition, inactivation,…
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…
Polymer Photochemistry
Expert' primary area of expertise is photochemistry, especially polymer photochemistry. In particular, he is interested in photoinitiator and photoinitiation design, two and three-dimensional imaging technologies, photodegradation, photostabilization, and any of several areas related to the interaction of light with polymers…
Polymer Coatings, Adhesives Development, Polymer Characterization, Expert Witness
Expert is actively involved in the development of a wide range of polymer films and coatings for his clients. He has particular expertise in the development of ultraviolet and electron-beam-curable coatings, both clear and pigmented. He has developed close working…
Boron, Inorganic, & Analytical Chemistry
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY; TRANSITION ELEMENT CHEMISTRY; BORON HYDRIDE CHEMISTRY; CARBORANE. Expert' research has centered on the chemistry of boron hydrides, carboranes, and their transition-metal and main group metal derivatives (metallaboranes and metallacarboranes). In recent years, he has been increasingly involved in…
Catalysis, Surface Chemistry
Expert has spent most of his research addressing problems related to catalysis by transition metals and transition metal oxides. His model studies have examined the basic catalytic chemistry of ammonia synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch chemistry, catalytic oxidation, and hydrogen desulfurization chemistry. In…