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.