Techniques Available

Pharmaterials has a wide range of instrumentation including inverse gas chromatography (IGC), thermal analysis (Hyper-DSC, isothermal calorimetry, solution calorimetry, high sensitivity DSC), confocal Raman mapping, DVS,  X-ray diffraction, surface area, particle sizing and many more.  Some examples are listed below:

Chromatography
HPLC-UV/ELSD

Diffraction Studies
X-ray powder diffraction, single crystal X-ray for structure resolution

Thermal Methods
DSC, Hyper-DSC, TGA, Isothermal nanocalorimetry, Solution calorimetry, High sensitivity scanning calorimetry

Microscopy
Optical, Raman, SEM, Hot-stage

Sorption/Desorption Studies
Water and organic vapour (coupled NIR probe), Nitrogen BET

Powder Surface Characterisation
Inverse gas chromatography, Confocal Raman spectroscopy

Bulk Properties Determination
Specific surface area, porosity, bulk and tapped density, powder flow

Dissolution Testing
Intrinsic and non-intrinsic methods, HPLC, UV, ELSD analysis