Professionals specializing in Materials Science partner with Nerac Analysts at all levels of the research process, from product design to manufacturing. Nerac Analysts’ areas of expertise include:

• Product development
• Safety and reliability
• Cost engineering
• Compliance and regulatory
• Failure analysis
• Competitive and marketing intelligence

Review research solutions for Materials

Key Nerac Analysts for Materials specialists include:

Skye McClain, Ph.D., Analyst

“Trends happening in the materials sector are seemingly endless. Two recent areas of activity are graphene (two-dimensional carbon with interesting properties) and spintronics (electronics based on an electron’s “spin” and not its “charge”). Another area seeing an amazing increase in research and innovation is metamaterials. Also known as “left-handed” materials, they have a negative index of refraction and are being used to explore sub-wavelength imaging and manipulation. They are being used in applications such as photonics, nanomaterials and photolithography.”

Years of Experience:
11 years at Nerac
25 years of industry experience

Professional Background:
U.S. Coast Guard, 6 years
University of Connecticut, 6 years

Areas of Coverage:
Polymer and inorganic chemistry
Surface science
Plasma physics
Adhesive systems
Characterization & testing of polypeptide mussel adhesives
Surface analysis of metal-impregnated activated carbons

Education
U.S. Coast Guard Academy 1981 BS
University of Connecticut 1995 Ph.D.