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Douglas G. Frank,
Ph.D.
Education
Dr. Frank received a B.A. in Chemistry from
Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He
qualified for his doctorate
at the University of California, Santa Barbara before transferring to the
University of Cincinnati in 1986 as
part of the Ohio Eminent
Scholar program. In 1990, he received a Ph.D. in Surface Analytical Chemistry.
After graduating, he formed
"ADAM Instrument Company, Inc.," named
for the new surface analysis technique
he discovered during his graduate studies.
The "ADAM" technique brought him
international acclaim, and his work was featured in several scientific books
and international journals,
including cover articles in Science and
Naturwissenschaften. He has over 50 scientific publications, and is internationally
regarded as an expert in Auger spectroscopy. Corporate Consulting - Research &
Development
Dr. Frank's scientific reputation gained him
introductions to several U.S. companies, where he learned to apply his scientific
and computer expertise to real-life research and development challenges.
He specializes in the development of custom control and analytical solutions,
and has invented several instruments for surface
optical characterization, precision force
application, and soil analysis by means of portable electron microscopy
and spectroscopy.Corporate
Consulting - Systems Integration and Automation
Dr. Frank's scientific, electronic,
instrumental, and software expertise make him an asset in situations requiring
systems integration. His combination of skills makes him especially suited
for the preparation and development of 'intelligent' user-friendly software
that allows straightforward operation and control in complicated manufacturing
and analytical environments. Sometimes, he is retained to provide only the
intelligent software 'glue' that holds an integrated system together. Other
times, the broader resources of PAI are brought to bear, allowing a prototype
design and development solution to be expedited. Some recent consulting projects include:
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. pH and Potential Dependence of the Electrical Double Layer at Well-Defined Electrode Surfaces: Cs+ and Ca2+ at Pt(111)(2?3x2?3)R30°-CN-, Pt(111)(?13x?13)R14°-CN- and Pt(111)(2x2)-SCN-. Douglas G. Frank, James Y. Katekaru, Stephen D. Rosasco, Ghaleb N. Salaita, Bruce C. Schardt, Manuel P. Soriaga, Donald A. Stern, John L. Stickney and Arthur T. Hubbard, Langmuir 1, 587 (1985). 2. Films Formed on Stainless Steel Single-Crystal Surfaces in Aqueous Solutions: Studies of the (100) Plane by LEED, Auger Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry. Douglas G. Frank, Victor K. F. Chia, Mark Schneider and Arthur T. Hubbard, Langmuir 3, 860 (1987). 3. Imaging Surface Atomic Structure by Means of Auger Electrons. Douglas G. Frank, Nikola Batina, Teresa Golden, Frank Lu, and Arthur T. Hubbard, Science 247, 182 (1990). 4. Direct Imaging of Surface Atomic Structure by Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy (ADAM): The Bare Pt(111) Surface. Douglas G. Frank, Nikola Batina, James W. McCargar and Arthur T. Hubbard, Langmuir 5, 1141 (1989). 5. Auger Emission Angular Distributions from a Silver Monolayer in the Presence and Absence of an Iodine Overlayer: Evidence for the Predominance of Inhomogeneous Inelastic Scattering of Auger Electrons by Atoms. Douglas G. Frank, Oliver M.R. Chyan, Teresa Golden and Arthur T. Hubbard, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 1895 (1994). 6. Direct Imaging of Epitaxial Layers by Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy. Douglas G. Frank, Frank Lu, Teresa Golden and Arthur T. Hubbard, Mater. Res. Soc. Bull. 15, 19 (1990). 7. Imaging Surface Atomic Layers by Means of Auger Electrons (cover article). Nikola Batina, Oliver M. R. Chyan, Douglas G. Frank, Teresa Golden and Arthur T. Hubbard, Naturwissenschaften 77, 557 (1990). 8. Direct Imaging of Thin Film Atomic Structure by Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy (ADAM). Douglas G. Frank, Teresa Golden, Oliver M.R. Chyan and Arthur T. Hubbard, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Applied Surface Science 48/49, 166 (1991). 9. Imaging Monolayer Structure by Means of Auger Electrons. Douglas G. Frank, Oliver M. R. Chyan, Teresa Golden and Arthur T. Hubbard, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A10, 158 (1992). 10. Auger Electron Angular Distributions from Al(100): Resolution of an Apparent Contradiction. Oliver. M.R. Chyan, Douglas G. Frank, Charles A. Doyle and Arthur T. Hubbard, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A11, 2659 (1993). 11. Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy. Douglas G. Frank and Arthur T. Hubbard, in the "Concise Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization", R.W. Cahn, Ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1993), p. 34. 12. Auger Electron Angular Distributions from Pt(111): The Effect of Adsorbed Iodine Monolayers. Charles A. Doyle, Oliver M. R. Chyan, Douglas G. Frank and Arthur T. Hubbard, Surf. Int. Anal. 21, 123 (1994). 13. Electrode Reactions of Well-Characterized Adsorbed Molecules. Curtis Shannon, Douglas G. Frank, and Arthur T. Hubbard, Ann. Revs. Phys. Chem. 42, 393 (1991). 14. Probing Three Distinct Iodine Monolayer Structures at Pt(111) by Means of Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy (ADAM): Results Agree with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Douglas G. Frank, Oliver M.R. Chyan, Teresa Golden and Arthur T. Hubbard, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 3829 (1993). 15. Angle-Resolved Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Douglas G. Frank in The Handbook of Surface Imaging and Visualization, A. T. Hubbard, Ed. (CRC Press, 1996). 16. LEED Pattern Directory. Douglas G. Frank in The Handbook of Surface Imaging and Visualization, A. T. Hubbard, Ed. (CRC Press, 1996). 17. Comparison of an Electron-Atom-Scattering Description with Gas-Phase Scattering Data for He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe. Douglas G. Frank and Arthur T. Hubbard, J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 894 (1997). |