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Chemical Consultants Network Listing for Michael P. Bigwood

Michael P. Bigwood,Ph.D.
Polymer Phases, Inc.
P.O. Box 58
Oreland , PA 19075-0058
Phone: (215)884 9370
Fax: (215) 884 9373
E-mail: Polymer Phases, Inc.

SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY

Specializing in the Use of Polymers for:

  1. Ion-Exchange
  2. Adsorption and Preparative Chromatography
  3. Water Treatment
  4. Waste Water Treatment
  5. Waste Minimization
We Provide:
Support in selecting the best commercial resin for your specific application.
Custom design of polymers and synthesis of prototypes for testing.
Feasibility studies and application development support.

PHARMACEUTICAL

Specializing in the Use of Polymers for:

  1. Solid Phase/Combinatorial Synthesis
  2. Polymer Supported Reagents and Resin Capture
  3. Heterogeneous Acid and Base Catalysts
  4. Ion Exchange, Adsorbtion and Preparative Chromatography
  5. Controlled Release / Sustained Release
We Provide:
Support in selection of the best commercial resin for your specific application.
Custom design of polymers and synthesis of prototypes for testing.
Application development support.

POLYMERS

Specializing in the Use of Polymers for:

  1. Structure-Performance Relationships for Polymeric Materials
  2. Custom Design of Polymers and Synthesis of Prototypes
  3. Scale-Up of Suspension and Emulsion Polymerization Processes
  4. Resin Selection and Application Development Support in Ion-Exchange, Catalysis, Solid Phase/Combinatorial Synthesis, Adsorbtion and Preparative Chromatography

    BIOGRAPHY
    Dr. Bigwood is a Ph. D. chemist with 8 years of industrial research, 5 years of R&D management and 9 years of consulting experience related to polymer technology. As a research manager, Dr. Bigwood lead the product, process and applications development effort of the World’s largest ion exchange resins manufacturer. In that management function, he was also involved in the business planning process. This combination of business experience and scientific skills allows him to propose solutions to problems that are not only technically sound but also economically viable and consistent with clients' capabilities and business objectives.

    Overview of Polymer Phases, Inc.
    Our expertise revolves around free radical polymerization and the use of the resulting products in a wide variety of applications in the separation, petrochemical and biopharmaceutical industries.

    We provide design, synthesis and scale-up of products based on emulsion, dispersion or suspension free radical polymerization based on a broad range of monomers such as styrene, acrylic and methacrylic esters and other functional vinyl monomers. Our expertise also includes chemical modification and functionalization of pre-formed polymers.

    Our understanding of the impact of the chemical and physical characteristics of these resins on their performance in applications such as ion exchange, analytical and preparative chromatography (LC, HPLC), solid phase extraction (SPE) catalysis, solid phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry allows us to help you select the best product for use in water treatment, waste water applications, waste minimization, drug discovery, purification of biologically active substances, controlled or sustained release, supported reagents and scavengers, polymeric adsorbents, etc.

    LABORATORY SUPPORT
    If no existing product meets your needs, we can design custom resins and prepare laboratory or pilot quantities of the resulting prototypes.

    As a ChemInnolab(TM) Partner, Dr. Bigwood can also provide contract research, complete laboratory technical service/sales service projects or reduce your inventions to practice. ChemInnolab(TM) understands that cash flow is a frequent concern of start-up companies and individual inventors. As a result, we offer very flexible pricing strategies ( more at www.cheminnolab.com ).

    RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
    Wrote two chapters reviewing recent technology developments (“Hybrid inorganic/organic catalysts” and “Macroporous Organic Polymers”) for a multi-client study on “Macroporous Catalytic Materials and Ultra-Large Pore Zeolites”.

    A combinatorial chemistry company was concerned about batch to batch variation in the solid phase synthesis resin they were purchasing. We helped them develop purchase specifications that would ensure consistent product performance.

    Helped a specialty chemicals supplier optimize a laboratory suspension polymerization reaction and supported transfer of the process to the 50 L scale in their pilot plant.

    Supported a company’s entry in a new business by a) demonstrating in the laboratory that the performance of products prepared by a suspension polymerization processes described in a Ph.D. dissertation could be reproduced and b) developing an improved process that delivered equivalent product performance with a 25 fold increase in reactor productivity. The product properties (composition, particle size, pore structure) were subsequently fine-tuned to optimize performance in a variety of applications, including DNA and RNA purification.

    Assessed the suitability of a client’s plant equipment to perform polymerization reactions.

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