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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Advanced Materials Services
Technology Assessments
Business Development
Project Management
Licensing & Partnering Opportunities
R&D, Prototyping, Pilot Plants & EPC Sourcing
Supply Chain Recommendations
Operations Management
R&D, Engineering & Product Development Roadmaps
ADVANCED MATERIALS FOCUS
Materials & Surfaces
Catalysts
Heterogenous catalysts, Homogenous Catalysts, Tailored Surfaces & Interfaces, Understanding structure-function relationships, test reactions, reaction kinetics, modeling
Polymers
Polymer brushes, resins, coatings, additives, polymer blends, macromolecular assembly, polymerization reactions, structure-property relations
Composites & Alloys
Ceramics, Polymer based , metal matrix, fibers for high temperature/performance applications
Thin Films
Epitaxy, Self Assembly, PVD/CVD based
Soft Materials
Sol gel based materials (e.g. hydrogels), colloids, bio-macromolecules, surfactants, membranes
Synthesis & Characterization
Synthesis:
Catalysts
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Sol gel chemistry, impregnation, sublimation, ion-exchange, precipitation
Polymers, Composites & Soft Materials
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Polymerization Chemistry (incl. Solid Phase, Ring Opening, Addition), Sol gel chemistry, Grafting, Self Assembly, Langmuir-Blodgett, Patterning of surfaces via thermal, electro or optical techniques for generating multifunctional materials, impregnation
Thin Films
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Self Assembly, Epitaxy, CVD/PVD, surface patterning using lithography, AFM, STM etc.
Characterization:
Catalysts
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TPD, DSC, TEM, IR, GC, LC, Test Reactions in various reactor configurations (e.g. Pulsed, Plug Flow, High Pressure), Mass Spectroscopy (MS), Raman Spectroscopy, XAFS
Polymers & Composites
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NMR, UV-VIS-NIR, GPC, GC, Rheometer, TGA, GC-MS, Ellipsometry Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Fluorescence Spectrometer, AFM, MALDI TOF MS, DSC, Melt Flow Index, Osmometer, DMA, Tensiometer, Optical Miscroscopy (OM)
Thin Films
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Ellipsometer, SPR, QCM, SEM, TEM, XPS, XRD, STM, AFM, LEED
Soft Materials
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OM, SPR, Ellipsometry, DSC, TGA, AFM, Fluorescence, GPC, Zeta Potential Analyzer, Ultrasound, STM, QCM
Scale Up & Commercial
Process scale-up is a vital milestone within a company's product development plans. Once the technology is validated within R&D labs, we can seamlessly guide you in building pilot plants to test the project's commercial feasibility.
The following range of our services will be useful for your internal team's planning efforts:
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Product Development
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Supply Chain
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Business Development