Published 1 Sep 2020
Wet and dry dispersion on the Mastersizer 3000 If we look at some of the most interesting and inspiring innovations in modern engineering, Additive Manufacturing (AM), in my opinion, has to be up there with the best. For metallic products,…READ MORE >
Tags: additive manufacturing, Laser diffraction, Mastersizer 3000, metal powders, particle size distribution
Published 13 Aug 2020
Call me nuts. Early March, I was still living on the road across the country. I knew COVID-19 was there. Having worked in a BSL-2 (Biosafety Level 2) lab for years, I thought I had a good handle over it….READ MORE >
Tags: droplet size analysis, Particle size, particle size distribution, Spraytec
Published 15 Apr 2020
I was recently thinking over the recent guidance on social distancing during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Advice from health professionals and Government advisors suggests a 2-meter distance is required to limit the spread of the Coronavirus, as it is unlikely…READ MORE >
Tags: cough, Covid-19, particle size distribution, sneeze, Spraytec
Published 11 Jul 2018
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Morphologi 4 and Morphologi 4-ID launch webinar on 14th February, and to everyone who has watched the recording. If you missed it, you can watch it now. Time did not allow us…READ MORE >
Tags: Morphologi, particle size distribution, Q&A, raman, Sharp Edge
Published 15 May 2018
The peaks in your distribution are out of order? We recently received an email about the order of peaks in the Zetasizer software: For data evaluation, is it possible to rearrange the NNLS results by order of particle size populations?”…READ MORE >
Tags: 4 peaks, custom report, distribution, DLS, intensity PSD
Published 23 Jan 2017
Over the years one of the most frequently asked questions stands out in the data analysis of dynamic light scattering results. It is the issue about which size we should report when interpreting DLS results. For this intensity-volume-number conundrum, which…READ MORE >
Tags: DLS, dynamic light scattering, intensity, nanoparticles, number
Published 21 Jul 2015
Variety is the spice of life. And variety is the constant theme of my webinars. We’ve looked this year at absinthe (which makes the heart grow fonder) louching, the rheology of cheese and mayo (another cheesy subject), coffee (think of…READ MORE >
Tags: curry, Particle size, particle size distribution, spice, spices
Published 13 Feb 2015
This bad pun is the title of my next webinar scheduled for February 18th. This title has also been used in a short book of poems by Mark Begley (of which I have copy 33/35…). I guess you couldn’t ask…READ MORE >
Tags: DLS, drug delivery, dynamic light scattering, emulsions, Laser diffraction
Published 10 Feb 2015
As a confirmed space-geek ever since Halley’s Comet in 1986, lasers, or perhaps I should say laser guns in their various forms, have always been a part of my life. I’m not sure if I first met lasers in Star…READ MORE >
Tags: dynamic light scattering, International Year of Light, laser, laser beam, Laser diffraction