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News Release from: Brookhaven Instruments (USA) | Subject: Zetapals
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 20 August 2003
Expertise praised by Lausanne scientists
Scientists in the powder technology laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland continue work on powder synthesis and characterisation
Scientists in the powder technology laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnic Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland continue to turn to Brookhaven Instruments to help them with their work on powder synthesis and characterisation Paul Bowen, in the laboratory, explained: "I find Brookhaven's instruments to be well conceived from a theoretical standpoint and scientifically well thought out
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 12 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Brookhaven tries to create systems that are a little bit different but that address the problems that scientists like myself have.
"At present, 60 to 70% of our work is on powder synthesis and a significant part of this involves characterising different powders to see if they really are what we want them to be.
"Our research is largely applications orientated and many projects are conducted in collaboration with industry.
"For example, we have been developing a coating for inkjet papers to enhance colour quality using very fine 20nm ceramic powders in a 40 micron surface coating.
This project was one of the reasons we first bought an XDC X-ray disc centrifuge from Brookhaven because it was the only instrument we found that could reliably get down to the 20nm range.
Similarly, our Brookhaven Zetapals instrument is also working well in the 10 to 100nm range and we are approaching the 2 to 10nm range, where mobility is low and size is not so easy to determine".
Bowen concluded: "I look at particle size measurement in a bit more detail than most people and try to push it towards its limits, so I like to be able to discuss the software and exactly how to analyse the data.
"The Brookhaven representatives are scientists at heart and, as such, are keen to solve problems.".
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