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Technical Specialties
We service diverse industries - particularly those with interests in polymer applications, adhesion, surface chemistry, and new product development.
Research
Surface Chemistry & Adhesion of Polymers
Organosilanes and Alternative Surface Treatments
Structure-Property-Process Relationships (UV curable coatings, composite materials, adhesives, laminates)
Spectroscopy and Analytical Methods (solid state and solution NMR, FTIR, DSC, TGA, DMA, refractive index determination, contact angle measurements)
Development
Adhesives (polyurethanes, epoxies, siloxanes, polyolefins, pvc, hot-melts) for wood, metals, glass, plastics, and packaging applications
Coatings (UV curable, moisture curable, abrasion resistant) for metals, glass, plastics, wood
Surface Treatments (metals, metal oxides, glass, polymers, pigments, powders, self-assembled monolayers)
Flooring Products
Laminated Glass Products
PVC Formulation and Processing
Composites (wood products, ceramics, nano materials)
Musical Instrument Strings
Consider these examples:
- Interlayers and float glass in safety glazings
- ZnO and PVC in resilient floors
- Alumina and PVB in ceramic "green tapes"
- Glass fibers and polymers in composite materials
- ATH and polypropylene in fire retardant materials
- Polymer films and patterned glass in floor/wall tiles
- Nano-scale particles in UV curable coatings
- The human hand and windings on guitar strings
- Polyureas, polyurethanes, and wood fibers
- Pigments in cosmetic applicatons
- Nanoclays in adhesives
Although each example is taken from a different industry, there is one important commonality - surface chemistry. We have found that success in product development very often depends on our grasp of the variables that control the surface interactions between dissimilar materials. This philosophy is paramount to our work, and has helped to shape our list of our R&D specialties.
©2001-2009 A. A. Parker, Ph.D.
Contract Research and Development
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