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Material and surface science are critical for material characterization as they define a wide range of properties that such as adhesion, conductivity, optical transmission etc. The ability to characterize and evaluate the surface can bring about tremendous possibilities in manipulating the functionality of the material. With the state-of-art instrumentation, Shimadzu offers optimal solutions for the widest range of application needs in material characterization.
Read on to find out how Shimadzu’s latest technologies can enable you to achieve advances in artificial photosynthesis, Automotive, Batteries, Recycle Materials, Thin films, 2D material and 3D printing.
Artificial Photosynthesis
Artificial photosynthesis is a promising renewable energy source which utilizes the conversion of solar radiation into clean and usable fuels. With Shimadzu’s cutting-edge technologies, highly sensitive instruments such as Nexis GC-2030 and Nexera Series UHPLC have enabled deeper and more valuable insights into the analyses. We also offer advanced instruments for specific needs such as catalyst characterization to improve reaction efficiency etc.
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Automotive
Whether you are involved in Research and Development, Quality Control, or Environmental Compliance, Shimadzu offers the right instruments to help expand your capabilities. Dive into our application notes to learn more about the analytical solutions catered towards automotive coatings/films, batteries and fuel cells, the use of composites or electronics/semiconductors, lubricant analysis, high speed mechanical testing and imaging to enhance automotive performance.
Batteries
Advances in fuel cell and battery technology are enabling the proliferation of electric vehicles. Shimadzu offers a complete range of instruments aimed to characterize the composition and thermal/mechanical behavior of battery cell membrane, electrolytes, and electrodes. For example, with our SMX-225CT scanners, non-destructive imaging of internal battery components can be obtained with high precision, or use our X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy instruments for advanced surface and electrochemical investigations.
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Recycle Materials
Shimadzu is strongly committed to protect the environment and support the green initiatives. With such motivation, we present a series of analytical instrumentation aimed to reduce the carbon footprint. For example, Shimadzu manufactures FITR and EDX for the composition and contamination analysis of commonly recycled plastics, as well as offering LC, GC and elemental analysis for monitoring the purity of renewable fuels. Other exciting technologies include AGX-V universal test machines, thermal instrumentation, and surface analysis for evaluation of bio-based materials and composites.
Thin Film
The development of high-performance thin films and coatings is critical to many real-life applications such as in the development of environmentally friendly paints, thin-film optics used in cell phone cameras, anti-reflective coatings on solar panels and protective diamond-like-carbon films used in automotive parts. Shimadzu instruments are used by researchers world-wide to characterize the composition, mechanical and optical properties of a wide range of thin-films, paints and coatings.
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Graphene and other 2D materials
Graphene has been hailed as an extraordinary material with promising properties that can offer potentially unprecedented advances in various applications, such as composites, electronics, energy storage, energy harvesting, sensors, coatings, filtration etc. With the rise of graphene and other 2D materials, the investigation and characterization of such materials becomes increasing important to understand their properties and interactions. Featuring Shimadzu’s Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM), it offers automatic observation with extensive functionality to fit your application needs. Our Kratos surface analysis instruments also showcase the next generation XPS in Axis Supra+ that allows fast, high spatial resolution imaging and unrivalled automation for high throughput.
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3D printing
Currently, additive manufacturing (3D printing) is revolutionizing the design and fabrication of objects in almost all applications such as aircraft engine parts, automobile components, orthopedic and dental implants etc. Shimadzu offers technologies to better characterize the composition of raw materials used in 3D printing and to study the mechanical behavior of finished 3D printed materials. With our instruments trusted and being used worldwide, rest assured that we offer the highest reliability in our instruments to enable high-quality analysis needed for your applications.
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