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Michael Michalczyk

Chelate Consulting, LLC

 

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First name
Michael
Last name
Michalczyk
Organization
Chelate Consulting, LLC
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Contact information

City
Narberth
State or Province
Pennsylvania
Zip Code
19072
Country
United States
 

Specialties and Services

Fields of Expertise
  • Catalysts
  • Literature and Patent Searches
  • Materials
  • Nanotechnology
  • Polymers
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Research and Development
  • Soaps and Surfactants
  • Synthesis
  • Technical
Other Fields of Expertise
• Non-stick cookware and bakeware technology and markets
• Development and testing of coating systems
• Hydrophobic and oleophobic polymers and coatings
• Organometallic catalysts and cross-linkers used in polymer synthesis
• Adhesion promoters used in coatings and packaging inks
• Adhesive and sealant technology and markets
• Organosilicon chemistry and technology
• Sol-gel technology, application and markets
Summary
Chelate Consulting was a consulting firm that provided technical expertise and knowledge to assist clients needs in the chemical industry. Chelate Consulting, LLC was founded by Dr. Michael J. Michalczyk to provide technical expertise and knowledge to assist clients needs in the chemical industry. Dr. Michalczyk has over 37 years of experience and a track record of leadership, teamwork and scientific collaboration all promoting customer growth in the marketplace. A record of innovation including new product development. Twenty-two issued US patents with global equivalents and twenty-one publications.
Services
No services. Retired December 2025.
 

Additional Information

Experience
DORF KETAL SPECIALITY CATALYSTS, LLC, Houston, TX, 2010-2014Select

Director of Applied Research & Development

THE DUPONT COMPANY, Wilmington, DE, 1988-2010

Senior Research Chemist, Fluoroproducts, 2002-2010

Senior Chemist, Chemical Solutions Enterprise, 1998-2002

Research Scientist, Central Research & Development, 1990-1998

Developmental Chemist, Chemicals & Pigments, 1988-1990
Honors and Awards
DuPont Marketing Excellence Award - 2001
Education
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1987-1988

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK, 1984-1986

Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1979-1984

B.A. in Chemistry, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 1975-1979
Patents
GRANTED US PATENTS

Adhesion Promoting Systems. M. Subramaniyam, M.J. Michalczyk US 10,316,203 (2019)

Mixed Fluoroalkyl-Alkyl Surfactants. C. K Taylor, M. J. Michalczyk, E. J. Acosta. US 8,242,301 (2012)

Glass Articles with Adhesion and Stain Resistant Non-Stick Coatings. M. J. Michalczyk, M. J. Witsch, US 8,071,198 (2011)

Mixed Fluoroalkyl-Alkyl Surfactants. C. K Taylor, M. J. Michalczyk, E. J. Acosta. US 7,728,163 (2010)

Fluorinated Surfactants. A. B. Shtarov, M. J. Michalczyk, C. K. Taylor, US 7,553,985 (2009)

Method for Achieving Recoat Adhesion over a Fluoroinated Topcoat. W. F. Graham, D. R. Anton, J. W. Johnson, M. J. Michalczyk, S. K. Quashie, US 7,348,389 (2008)

Coating Compositions Containing a Fluorinated Organosilane Polymer. W. F. Graham, D. R. Anton, J. W. Johnson, M. J. Michalczyk, S. K. Quashie, US 7,288,282 (2007)

Method for Achieving Recoat Adhesion over a Fluoroinated Topcoat. W. F. Graham, D. R. Anton, J. W. Johnson, M. J. Michalczyk, S. K. Quashie, US 6,933,005 (2005)

Stain-Resistant Compositions. J. M. Longoria, M. J. Michalczyk and J. J. Fitzgerald, US 6,271,289 (2001)

Phosphorous-Containing Fluoromonomers and Polymers Thereof. P. Brothers, M-H. Hung, M. Michalczyk, T. Takahashi, US 6,177,196 (2001)

Phosphorous-Containing Fluoromonomers and Polymers Thereof. P. Brothers, M-H. Hung, M. Michalczyk, T. Takahashi, US 5,969,067 (1999)

Process for Making Inorganic Oxide Gels in Fluorocarbon Solvents. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp, US 5,876,686 (1999)

Molecular and Oligomeric Silane Precursors to Network Materials. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp, US 5,798,430 (1998)

Fluoropolymer Nanocomposites. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp, C. W. Stewart, US 5,726,247 (1997)

Silylated Dioxolane Polymers and Monomeric Compounds. M. J. Michalczyk, M.-H. Hung, L. Wilczek, US 5,684,111 (1997)

Single Component Inorganic/Organic Network Materials and Precursors Thereof. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp, US 5,548,051 (1996)

Single-Component Inorganic/Organic Network Materials, Their Preparation, Method for Modifying Sol-Gel Glass and for Coating Substrates, and the Network Materials Obtained. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp. US 5,378,790 (1995)

Silicon Carbide Precursors. M. J. Michalczyk, US 5,300,614 (1994)

Silicon carbide precursors and their Preparation and Use. M. J. Michalczyk, US 5,270,429 (1993)

Polychlorocarbosilane and Polycarbosilane Precursors for Manufacture of Silicon Carbide Ceramics. M. J. Michalczyk, US 5,202,405 (1993)
Publications
Determination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Extractable from the Surface of Commercial Cookware Under Simulated Cooking Conditions By LS/MS/MS. C. R. Powley, M. J. Michalczyk, M. A. Kaiser, L. W. Buxton, The Analyst, 130, 1299 (2005)

Unique Silane Modified Perfluorosulfonic Acids as Versatile Reagents for new Solid Acid Catalysts. M. A. Harmer, Q. Sun, M. J. Michalczyk, Z. Yang. Chem. Commun., 1803 (1997)

Star Gels: New Hybrid Network Materials from Polyfunctional Single Component Precursors. K. G. Sharp, M. J. Michalczyk. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol., 8, 541 (1997).

Star Gels: New Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Network Materials. M. J. Michalczyk, K. G. Sharp. In Tailor-Made Silicon-Oxygen Compounds, R. Corriu, P. Jutzi Eds., pp. 295-303, Vieweg, Wiesbaden, Germany (1996)

Star Gels. New Hybrid Network Materials from Polyfunctional Single Component Precursors. K. G. Sharp, M. J. Michalczyk. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. (Better Ceramics through Chemistry VII: Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials) 435, 105-112 (1996)

Characterization of Polyfunctional Alkoxysilanes Using Potassium (K+) Ionization of Desorbed Species Mass Spectrometry. M. J. Michalczyk, W. J. Simonsick Jr., K. G. Sharp. J. Organomet. Chem., 521, 261 (1996)

Preparation of a Crosslinked Polycarbosilane and its Conversion to Silicon Carbide Ceramics. M. J. Michalczyk, F. Davidson. Monatsh. Chem., 125, 895 (1994)

Potential Hazard in Hydrosilylation of D4Vi with D4H. S. Rubinsztajn, L. N. Lewis, J. Stein, M. J. Michalczyk. Chem. Eng. News, 72, 4 (1994)

High Temperature Stabilization of Crosslinked Siloxanes Glasses. M. J. Michalczyk, W. E. Farneth, A. J. Vega. Chem. Mater., 5, 1687 (1993)

Reaction of Disilanes with a Cis-Platinum Dihydride: Novel Platinum Complexes with Terminal Disilanyl Groups and Bridging Disilene Ligands. M. J. Michalczyk, J. C. Calabrese, C. A. Recatto, M. J. Fink. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 114, 7955 (1992)

Synthesis of Magnesium Hydride by the Reaction of Phenylsilane and Dibutylmagnesium. M J. Michalczyk, Organometallics, 11, 2307 (1992)

Subvalent Group 14 Metal Compounds. Part 10. Syntheses and Structures of some Bis(Metallo)Plumbylenes [Pb{Mo(R)(CO)3}2(OC4H8)]. Crystal Structures of [Pb{Mo(.eta.-C5Me5)(CO)3}2(OC4H8)] and [{Pb[Mo(.eta.-C5Me5)(CO)3][Mo(.eta.-C5Me5)(CO)2(.mu.-CO)]}2],
P. B. Hitchcock, M. F. Lappert, M. J. Michalczyk. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 11, 2635 (1987)
More Publications
Organosilylenes and their Dimerization to Disilenes. M. J. Michalczyk,
M. J. Fink, D. De Young, C. W. Carlson, K. M. Welsh, R. West, J. Michl. Silicon, Germanium, Tin Lead Compd., 9, 75 (1986)

Structural and Chemical Properties of 1,3-cyclodisiloxanes. M. J. Michalczyk, M. J. Fink, K. J. Haller, R. West, J. Michl. Organometallics, 5, 531 (1986)

The Disilenes and their Derivatives. R. West, M. J. Fink, M. J. Michalczyk, D. DeYoung, J. Michl. In Organosilicon Bioorganosilicon Chem., [Proc. Int. Symp. Organosilicon Chem.], 7th. H. Sakurai Ed., pp. 3-14, Horwood, Chichester, UK (1985)

Dimethylsilylene: Trisilane and a Geminal Diazide as New Photochemical Precursors. Evidence for an Absorption Maximum Near 450 Nm. H. Vancik, G. Raabe, M. J. Michalczyk, R. West, J. Michl. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 107, 4097 (1985)

Kinetics of Thermal Cis-Trans Isomerizations in Disilenes. M. J. Michalczyk, R. West, J. Michl. Organometallics, 4, 826 (1985)

Formation of a Disiloxirane in the Oxidation of 1,2-Dimesityl-1,2-Di-Tert-Butyldisilaethylene. M. J. Michalczyk, R. West, J. Michl. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1525 (1984)

X-Ray Crystal Structures for Two Disilenes. M. J. Fink, M. J. Michalczyk, K. J. Haller, J. Michl, R. West. Organometallics, 3, 793 (1984)

Cis and Trans Isomers of Disilenes: Photochemical and Thermal Interconversions M. J. Michalczyk, R. West, J. Michl. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 106, 821 (1984)

The X-Ray Crystal Structure of Tetramesityldisilene. M. J. Fink, M. J. Michalczyk, K. J. Haller, R. West, J. Mich., J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1010 (1983)

Cesium Tetracyanoplatinate (Hydrogen Difluoride). M. J. Michalczyk, D. A. Vidusek, J. M. Williams. Inorganic Synthesis, 20, 26 (1980)
Miscellaneous
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