From Concept to Reality
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A. A. Parker uses science and art to invent and create in multiple fields, and in multiple disciplines.
Product development success is limited only by the bounds of what can be imagined. The evidence speaks for itself – A. A. Parker has more than 45 patents, with commercial successes in multiple business fields – spanning from wood composites & biopolymers to medical devices and surface treatments for guidewires, pigments, windshields, control release medical devices, and even musical instrument strings (projects). Learn more about A. A. Parker Consulting, or contact Anthony to discuss how he can help you with your company's product development, characterization, and intellectual property needs. |
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Material Building Blocks
A. A. Parker's building blocks include: synthetic polymers, natural polymers, metals, glass, plastics, ceramics, paper, wood, metal oxides, organosilanes, bio-based materials, proteins, polyurethanes, epoxies, silanes, polysiloxanes, polyolefins, PVC, hot-melts, 2-component adhesive systems, single-component systems, UV curable monomers, silicones, acrylics, isocyanates, graft copolymers, PVA, PVAc, phosphonates, other large & small molecules, chiral molecules, PVB, EVA, PVC, titanium, phosphor bronze, brass, pharmaceutical ingredients, surfactants, and stainless steel.
Tools & Techniques
A. A. Parker's tools include: FTIR (surfaces, solids, liquids), NMR (solid state and solution), DMA, DSC, TGA, statistically designed experiments, sedimentation, refractive index, contact angle goniometer, extruders, mixers, presses, viscometers, microscopes, guitars, microphones, preamps, piano, bass, and harmonica.
Continuing Education Resources
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A. A. Parker offers continuing education courses for scientists, engineers and managers:
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Science, Art, Invention, & Realization.
A. A. Parker creates intellectual property:
For example, consider U. S. Patent 7,476,791, "Organosilane Surface Treated Musical Instrument Strings and Method of Making the Same.” This technology has resulted in the commercialization of a new type of corrosion resistant, surface-treated musical instrument string.
Mechanistic studies with FTIR and DMA have revealed several unique features that are associated with these types of treatments. See for example, Parker, A. A., “Musical Instrument Strings and Corrosion: A Comparative Study of Aminosilane and Benzotriazole Surface Treatments,” Silanes and other Coupling Agents, Volume 3, K. L. Mittal, Editor, VSP BV, The Netherlands, 2004, pp. 161-176.
For example, consider U. S. Patent 7,476,791, "Organosilane Surface Treated Musical Instrument Strings and Method of Making the Same.” This technology has resulted in the commercialization of a new type of corrosion resistant, surface-treated musical instrument string.
Mechanistic studies with FTIR and DMA have revealed several unique features that are associated with these types of treatments. See for example, Parker, A. A., “Musical Instrument Strings and Corrosion: A Comparative Study of Aminosilane and Benzotriazole Surface Treatments,” Silanes and other Coupling Agents, Volume 3, K. L. Mittal, Editor, VSP BV, The Netherlands, 2004, pp. 161-176.
Metallic wound strings exhibit accelerated corrosion when there is a galvanic mismatch between the winding and core metals.
Silane surface treatments can inhibit corrosion. The optimum silane concentration depends on many factors, including the surface area of the adjoined surfaces. This photo illustrates the relative corrosion characteristics of phosphor bronze-wound titanium-core strings as a function of surface concentration (decreasing from left to right).
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Benzotriazole (BTA) and amino silanes (AAPS) exhibit analogous surface adsorption characteristics. However, poly (AAPS) is multi-dentate, and provides a more robust passivation layer than BTA.
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