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What Does Your Particle Size Data Mean?
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Paul Kippax
Deborah Huck-Jones
Laser diffraction is a mature technology with extensive capabilities. Highly automated and easy to use, modern laser diffraction systems efficiently meet the requirements for particle size data ...
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What Do Polymers, Pharmaceuticals, Foods, Metals, and Ceramics Have in Common? Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Kadine Mohomed
DSC data are used to determine reaction kinetics, heat capacity, compatibility of blends and alloys, purity, aging effects, impact of additives on crystallization, and more.
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Using XPS and a Multi-Mode Ion Source to Understand Advanced Layered Materials
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Tim Nunney
Used in a wide range of products and devices, complex, multi-layered materials have traditionally been based around metallic or oxide layers.
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Using Raman Spectroscopy for Gemstone Analysis
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Frank J. Yang
Gerard Pereira
Liang Don Chen
Raman spectroscopy is a nondestructive, extremely fast and low-cost option for gemstone analysis.
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Using Micro-XRF to Quantify Thickness and Composition of Thin-Film Solar Cells
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Andrew Lee
Thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) have developed into a highly efficient source of energy in solar cell technology, due to the reduction in semiconductor material required compared to traditional solar ...
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Use of SEC–MALS–dRI–UV for Copolymer Characterization
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Conventional techniques used to characterize polymers, such as NMR and size-exclusion chromatography/differential refractive index detection, are often labor intensive, complex to perform, and high in...
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Use of an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope for Dynamic in situ Studies of Nano-Structured Materials at the Atomic Scale
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Joerg R. Jinschek
Current research and development (R&D) that is focused on efficient energy conversion and environmental protection technologies relies heavily on advances in the development of new and improved ...
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Trace-Gas Analysis With Cantilever-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
Monday, July 25, 2016
Jaakko Lehtinen
Veli-Matti Kittilä
Aleksandra Karimaa
Ismo Kauppinen
Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) is based on the conversion of optical energy to thermal energy.
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Time-Efficient Execution of Rheological Tests in Oscillation With an Easy-to-Use Quality Control Rheometer
Friday, August 07, 2015
Fabian Meyer
Quality control managers are under constant pressure to conduct analyses as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. In certain industries, such as paints and coatings and food, rheological ...
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SEMs Provide Deep Insight Into Materials
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Donna Guarrera
Modern scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) offer vast improvements over early models in terms of electron optics, detector design and computing technology.
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Response Scene Chemical Confirmation with GC/MS
Friday, August 24, 2018
Philip Tackett
This article discusses a real-life scenario in which a person-portable GC/MS was used for on-site identification of an unknown substance that caused an adverse reaction.
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Real-Time Monitoring and Control of Polymer Properties
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Michael F. Drenski
Wayne F. Reed
Real-time analysis of polymer properties and reaction kinetics allows scientists to control the outcome of a polymerization process.
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Quantitative Nanoparticle Analysis Based on Resistive Pulse Sensing
Friday, June 24, 2016
Andrew N. Cleland
Jean-Luc Fraikin
Peter Meinhold
Franklin Monzon
Nanoparticle analysis is becoming a central part of pharmaceutical development.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Methacrylates in Dental Filling Materials
Monday, March 03, 2014
Heidi Fleischer
Kerstin Thurow
Ellen Vorberg
Mareike Warkentin
Various species of methacrylates are widely used in dentistry as filling materials. These consist mainly of an organic matrix, based on a monomer system of methacrylates and inorganic additives.
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Product Contamination Visualization and Identification Using FTIR Microspectroscopy
Friday, September 29, 2017
David W. Schiering
Anthony W. Didomenico
John A. Seelenbinder
The identification of surface contamination particles on products is demonstrated using a new FTIR microspectroscopy accessory.
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Particulate Analysis of Liquid Filtration Materials and Residues in Food Using FTIR Microscopy
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Michael Bradley
Steve Lowry
Two sets of analyses are presented—one involving liquid filtration and the other examining particulate residues in food items—using a simple-to-operate FTIR microscope and attenuated total reflection ...
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Particle Characterization: Challenges Associated With Submicrometer-Sized Objects
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Craig S. Schwandt
Materials in the form of particulate or engineered objects are relatively easy to characterize in terms of their composition, shape, size, and size distribution, provided they are larger than 1 µm in...
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Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Polymer Composites
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Kevin Kjoller
Curtis Marcott
Michael Lo
Qichi Hu
Eoghan Dillon
Craig B. Prater
The field of polymer composites is a rapidly developing area of study in materials science. The addition of a variety of new component materials, such as carbon fibers, clay, carbon nanotubes, ...
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Microscopy for Materials Characterization: Illuminating Structures With Light and Electrons
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Elaine F. Schumacher
Engineered materials abound in products that we use every day. They can range from a bulk material like the glass in a window to a dispersion of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a sunscreen ...
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Measurement and Prediction of Fluid Viscosity at High Shear Rates
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Tien T. Dao
Jeshwanth K. Rameshwaram
Polymeric materials, in a general sense, are viscoelastic in nature since they exhibit a strong dependence of deformation and flow on time and temperature. Performance of these materials can only be ...
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