1. Applications
• Material characterization: material design, composition, number of
layers, and distribution of chemicals in layers
• Root cause analysis of failures in products or production processes
by applying the combined internal and external expertise
• Characterization, purity determination, quantification of chemicals and
formulations
• Quantitative determination of binders and pigments in materials
• Quantitative determinations of compounds and qualitative and
quantitative (trace) elemental analysis in solid samples, materials,
emulsions, dispersions, inks and liquid solutions
• Identification and structure elucidation of unknown compounds in wide
range of samples
• Fast Screening MS for VOC’s, product quality, purity and structure
confirmation or elucidation
• Determination of exact molecular mass via high-resolution mass
spectrometry
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis in various matrices
• Pyrolysis and TDS (thermo-desorption) with GCMS for thermal
behavior of substances, coatings in combination with other thermal
methods (TGA, DSC, TGA-MS)
• Fingerprinting of complex mixtures, formulations and coatings in order
to quickly address batch to batch variability
• Oligomer and polymer characterization: composition, end groups,
monomer ratio's, crosslink densities
• In depth oligomer and polymer characterization (MW and chemical
composition drift)
• Pulse Field Gradient NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) for in situ studies
like adsorption, mixture and polymer analysis
• Reaction monitoring (in situ or offline) for elucidation of reaction
mechanisms
• Reversed Engineering of materials and fingerprinting of competitor
materials
• Analysis in patent infringement cases
• Feeding analytical libraries by high throughput analytics : Hansen
Solubility Parameter, spectral database for PCA analysis
Equipment
• X-ray based analytical methods: WD-XRF, m-XRF, XRD and HT-
XRD (high temperature-XRD) or GA-XRD (grazing angle XRD)
• ICP-OES and Ion Chromatography (anions, cations)
• GC/MS coupling with quadrupole systems incl. acquisition of EI, PCI
and NCI
• GC/DHS with thermal desorption unit, cryo-trap and auto-sampling
• Direct Exposure and Insert Probe MS with EI, PCI and NCI modes
• HPLC/MS coupling with TOF for high-resolution MS
• HPLC/APCI and HPLC/ESI ionization in combination with MS
(quadrupole), MSn (Ion-trap) and TOF-MS with complementary UV-
VIS and fluorescence detection
• TLC/UV-VIS/MS Interface for direct measurements of separated
compounds on TLC-Plates or other soluble components on surfaces
• Thermodesorption- and Pyrolysis GCMS Interfaces
• GPC (SEC) coupled with DAD and RI or triple-SEC detection for
polymer characterization
• FTIR (with microscopy, Split Pea, ATR, HATR, mATR, Circle cell,
Hot Stage,…) and Raman (3 wavelength)
• 300, 400 and 600 MHz NMR spectrometers equipped with sample
changers (Nuclei : 1H, 13C, 29Si, 31P, 15N, 19F, 11B; Probes: 10
mm broadband, 5 mm direct and triple indirect detection; specials:
flow probe, diffusion probe, HR - MAS probe; Diffusion accessory -
1000 G/cm)
• HPLC/GPC-SPE-NMR set up
• TLC-NMR for direct measurements of separated compounds on
TLC plates
• Access to surface analysis tools (XPS, TOF-SIMS, LA-ICPMS, ICP-
MS, ...) via our network of external partners
Chemical Analytics
• Inorganic Analysis with Sample Preparations
• Organic Separation Techniques and Sample Preparations
• Organic Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation
• High Throughput Analytics
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2. Physical & Physicochemical Analytics
• Microscopy & Profilometry
• Colloid Chemistry
• Rheology
Applications
• Check colloidal stability of your dispersions.
• Measure wetting behavior of any liquid on any substrate.
• Measure visco-elastic properties of liquids and solids.
• Characterize thermal behavior of compounds and materials.
• Characterize phase transitions at different temperatures.
• Measure coating thickness (single or multilayer).
• Measure particle sizes and shapes.
• Characterize materials with respect to their topography, measure texture
and roughness parameters.
• Characterize the inner microstructure and composition of materials.
• Optical microscopy and micro-spectrophotometry.
Applications
• Spectral reflection, transmission, absorption and haze
• Measure colorimetric BSDF: as input for optical modeling (e.g. ZEMAX)
or for correlation to visual and technical performance
• Measure color differences in terms of CIE L*a*b*, Hunter Lab etc.
• Analysis of light transport in materials and layers stacks by physical
modeling (thin layer effects, MIE scattering, …)
• Determine optical brightener effect
Equipment
• Electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) and microanalysis (EDX)
• Sample preparation methods for microscopy, e.g. (ultra)microtomy
• Stylus profilometry and white-light interferometry
• Image analysis
• Capillary viscosimetry, shear and extensional rheometry
• Electrokinetic analysis, calorimetry, sedimentometry, quartz crystal
microbalance
• Particle sizing in aqueous and non-aqueous media, gas adsorption
techniques
• Wilhelmy-balance, MaximumBubble pressure tensiometer, drop shape
analysis
• DMA, TMA, mDSC, TGA-DTA, TGA-MS
• Thermal Analysis
• Tensiometry
• Particle Characterization
Material Optics
• Color and Appearance
• Optical Properties
Equipment
• UV/VIS/NIR photometry over the “solar range” (250 – 2500 nm) on liquids
and solid samples with different measurement geometry:
8/d, d/8, 45/0, 0/0; directional R/T: 15-75°, Center-Mount
• Colorimetric Imaging Goniometer up to 88°
• Hand-held and benchtop devices for color, gloss and haze
• Calibrated UV/VIS spectroradiometers (250 – 800 nm)
• UV/VIS fluorescence spectroscopy
Material Testing
• Mechanical and Chemical Testing
• Weathering & Light-stability
Equipment
• Friction, Micro-Swelling, Vapor sorption, Adhesion & Taber testing
• Tensile, flexible and friction testing (INSTRON 4469)
• Weatherometers, Xe-arc and fluorescent light fading units
• T/%rH controlled test chambers (180 - 800 liter)
• Ozone test chamber (180 liter, T/%rH controlled)
Applications
• Durability and stability of material
• Shelf-life (Arrhenius Testing) and Failure Testing
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