Nanomaterials in final products
Powering your Curiosity
Nanomaterials in final products – in the form of dispersions and suspensions, composites, membranes, polymers and semiconductors – need to be properly characterized to guarantee the highest quality.
When nanomaterials finally come to such use, our work is still not done. Much remains to be characterized after the production of a final product to guarantee quality or desired functionality. Anton Paar instruments are used by research departments in many companies to produce high-quality products, including electronics, packaging, paints, coatings and inks, fabrics, cosmetics etc.
Anton Paar Products
ChemBET Pulsar
XRDynamic 500
DMA
UNHT³ Bio
Calotest Series
Calotest Series Combo (CAT²combo)
DCS 500
DHS 1100
Cora 5001 Direct Pharma
Cora 5001 Direct Standard
Cora 5001 Fiber Pharma
Cora 5001 Fiber Process Monitoring
Cora 5001 Fiber Standard
Litesizer DLS
Litesizer DLS 101
Litesizer DLS 501
Litesizer DLS 701
DSR 502
MCR
Ultrapyc
Cora 100
THT
FRS
Autosorb
Autosorb 6100
Autosorb 6200
Autosorb 6300
iSorb
iSorb HP1 100
iSorb HP1 200
iSorb HP2 100
iSorb HP2 200
L-Dens 7400
L-Dens 7500
PoreMaster
PoreMaster 33
PoreMaster 60
PoreMaster 60GT
MCT³
Multiwave
Monowave
Monowave 200
Monowave 400
Monowave 450
MCR 702e MultiDrive
MCR 702e Space MultiDrive
MCR 102e/302e/502e
MCR 102e/302e/502e MCR 102e
Turbidity Measurement System
NST³
NHT³
TRB³
RST
HTR
MCR Evolution & Cora 5001
SAXSpoint 500
SAXSpoint 700
SAXSpace
UNHT³
FloVac
TRB V / THT V
VSTAR 2 Station
VSTAR 2 Station Turbo
VSTAR 4 Station
VSTAR 4 Station Turbo
Suspensions and dispersions
Nanoparticles are raw materials for many kinds of new functional materials, from nanodevices to hybrid composite materials. For commercial application and processing, it is necessary to develop and characterize nanoparticle dispersions and suspensions without aggregation, and to control for instance the application behavior. Using various Anton Paar high-precision instruments, we study, e.g. shear-induced orientational effects in cellulose solutions, the viscosity of graphene coatings with nanomaterial content, the application behavior of paints and coatings based on inorganic nanoparticle powder, or the viscosity of CMP slurries.
Composites
Composite materials combine different properties of two or more materials to form a new material with properties unlike those of the individual components. What distinguishes composites from solid solutions and mixtures is the fact that their individual components remain separate and distinct. Therefore, investigation and understanding of the composite materials’ properties are crucial for their application. Anton Paar is the best possible partner when it comes to rheological investigations or pore size characterization of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) with gas adsorption analyzers.
Membranes
Development of nanocomposite membranes is of major research interest for water and wastewater treatment. Hollow fiber membranes (HFM), e.g., contain a semi-permeable barrier in the form of a hollow fiber. The primary interest in HFMs relates to their pore diameter and pore distribution. Anton Paar instruments perform capillary flow porometry for biomedical applications – along with other technologies for measuring nanomaterials.
Polymers
Ubiquitous use of polymers in technology and in our daily lives is due to their excellent chemical and physical properties, processability and relatively low cost. The vast application of polymers is only possible through development and understanding of polymer properties and behavior. Whether polymer nanostructures or polymer nanocomposites (PNC), with Anton Paar’s portfolio of measuring technologies, a variety of research investigations can be performed.
Semiconductors
Understanding and characterizing nanostructures plays an essential role in the unprecedented technology developments in areas such as information processing, full color displays, and new sensor technologies, to name but a few. Solutions from Anton Paar contribute to the technical progress of our time. They include the characterization of particle size and the study of surface zeta potential to improve the chemical-mechanical polishing process, and the analysis of nanopatterned surfaces with grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS).
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