Hecus X-ray Systems has introduced S3-Microcalix, which combines SAXS and DSC in one laboratory instrument, making it easier than ever to get results.
Investigation of nanoscale product properties requires both structural and thermal analysis.
Until now, two independent and separate technologies had to be used, which complicated a conclusive assessment, especially in cases where samples are sensitive on history, pre-treatment, and scan rates.
The new S3-Microcalix technology enables scientists to go beyond abstract shape-function modelling with multi-variate measurement techniques derived from synchrotron radiation.
Small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering is an analytical tool for material characterisation.
It allows polymorphism in crystalline materials, stability and nanostructure of amorphous states, inner surface, stability and ageing of formulations to be addressed, providing information that exceeds that of conventional powder diffraction.
According to Hecus, particular advantage lies in the simultaneous observation of the nanoscale (SAXS) and atomic/molecular scale (WAXS).
Calorimetry, in scanning (DSC) or isothermal mode, allows the characterisation of the changes of state, and more generally the reversibility of the phenomena involved in phase transitions between condensed states.
