POLYMERS AND PLASTICS


Polymers and polymer-based composites represent the largest and fastest-growing area of materials for engineering and other structurally-demanding applications. However, a significant investment in molecular and morphological design, mechanical and physical property testing and product evaluation is necessary before new materials can be introduced into these applications. At ST Instruments we provide surface measurement equipment to accelerate your research in the field of polymers and plastics.

Microplastics analysis in food: assessing human exposure through Raman micro-spectroscopy 

 

 

Steam disinfection releases micro(nano)plastics from silicone-rubber baby teats as examined by optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy 

 

 

Resolving micron-sized layers in multilayer films with Raman microscopy by cross-section analysis and confocal depth profiling  

 

 

Rapid Polymer Identification of Fishing Gear using Raman Spectroscopy 

 

 

Sub-micron IR and Raman spectroscopy for chemical identification of microplastics 

 

 

Microplastics, why are they a concern? 

 

 

Steam disinfection releases micro (nano)plastics from silicone-rubber bay teats 

as examined by O-PTIR

Photo-induced force microscopy provides “FTIR” spectra with a 10 nm spot size   

Example bio-friendly polylactic acid and acrylic rubber composite

Submicron spatial resolution IR characterization of polymer based food packaging materials

Next generation infrared spectroscopy

Characterization of Organic Photovoltaic Cells

Thin film of MDMO-PPV: PCBM for organic solar cells used as an electro-optical device

Analyzing Mixed Nanoplastics

for Environmental Studies

Applications

Bioscience
Coatings
Energy
Materials Science
Microelectronics
Polymers and Plastics
Other