Surface Chemistry and Analysis

The surface of a material, whilst essential to sensitive machinery, can be a cause of multiple types of failures, including adhesion failures and contamination issues. Our laboratory provides analytical services for companies from multiple sectors, including medical and construction industries, for example:

• Analysis of surface Contamination and staining issues
• Unknown Surface debris identification by SEM and SIMS
• Weak boundary layer determination in adhesive & coating problems
• Interface contamination and surface segregation
• Gross corrosion problem investigations
• Corrosion protection coating failure investigations
• Physical and chemical characterisation of sputtered and CVD coatings
• Artificial implant to body interface and compatibility studies
• Process cleaning problem investigation.
• Fine tuning of cleaning, degreasing and final rinsing processes.
• Analysis of catalytic surfaces and catalyst poisoning.