Key techniques
When you need additional resource and expertise, we deliver through the application of the most appropriate, cutting-edge technologies. Our diverse toolkit includes:
Spectroscopy and chemical mapping
- Confocal Raman microscopy
- Infrared and ATR infrared
- FT Raman
- Micro-FTIR and micro-ATR
- Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA)
- UV-VIS
- NMR
Physical Properties
- X-ray diffraction (variable temperature and humidity)
- DSC / GVS / TGA
- Light scattering particle size / photocorrelation spectroscopy / disc centrufigation / sieving
- BET / mercury porosimetry
- Isothermal microcalorimetry
- Karl Fischer
- Surface plasmon resonance / quartz crystal microbalance
Microscopy
- Atomic force microscopy (AFM) / environmental AFM
- Scanning thermal microscopy and nanothermal microscopy
- Micro x-ray computer tomography
- SEM / EDAX / environmental SEM / TEM
- Confocal laser scanning microscopy
- Optical (hot stage) microscopy
Chromatography and compendial testing
- HPLC / ion chromatography / gas chromatography / mass spectroscopy
- Dissolution / intrinsic dissolution / disintegration / hardness
Protein characterisation
- HPLC / LC-MS / UV / FTIR / SEC-HPLC
- SDS-PAGE / native PAGE / isoelectric focussing / western blotting
- Peptide mapping