Analytik reports how its Microfluidizer^® processors are enabling researchers develop a range of therapeutic formulations including vaccine adjuvants, liposomes and lipid nanoparticles. By reducing particle size uniformly, Microfluidizers from Analytik are helping a growing number of pharmaceutical companies and Contact Development and Manufacturing Organisations (CDMOs) improve the efficacy, bioavailability, stability and process efficiency of their drugs....

The BioScaffolder Prime from Analytik is a new affordable high-performance 3D bioprinter which delivers precision engineering in an advanced, customisable platform. The rapidly expanding field of 3D Bioprinting for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine combines biocompatible/biodegradable polymers with living cells....

Analytik has published a white paper that provides an informative introduction to particle size characterisation using the Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation (DCS) technique. Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation is an extremely powerful tool for high resolution particle characterisation, especially in the size range 0.002 micron (2nm) to 10 microns. It enables very narrow distributions of particles differing in size by less than 2 per cent to be resolved...

The LCTR-Series of Laminar Continuous Flow Chemical Reactors from Analytik set a new standard for high yield synthesis of high-purity, uniform substances based upon the Taylor fluid flow principle. These patented design chemical reactors use a jacketed cylindrical vessel with a central, rotating agitation bar to produce Taylor flow mixing along the length of the vessel resulting in 3-times faster mass flow transfer compared to tank type reactors....

Analytik has launched the next generation ZetaView® QUATT, with a multi-wavelength video tracking microscope for rapid analysis of size, concentration, fluorescence, electrophoretic mobility and sub-populations of individual nanoparticles. Biological nanoparticles including extracellular vesicles, exosomes, viruses, or virus-like particles are a rapidly growing area of research in the life sciences and nanomedical field....

Analytik reports on how the School of Biological & Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University, London (QMUL) has been using a LM20 Microfluidizer for cell disruption of a broad range of cell types including E. coli, Yeasts and Diatom. The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at QMUL is one of the UK’s leading life science research departments, with a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching and research....

The Videometerlab4 Multispectral Imaging System from Analytik now makes it possible to scan crop samples for Fusarium infection in under 10 seconds. The analytical methodology employed does not require traditional time-consuming sample preparation and eliminates the need for chemicals and costly consumables. Fusarium is a fungal disease which commonly affects wheat, barley, oats, triticale and grasses as seeds, seedlings and adult plants. The range of symptoms caused by...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on their Particle Metrix ZetaView® users at Oxford Brookes University who are studying extracellular vesicles. Dr Genevieve Melling is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences at Oxford Brookes University. She works in the laboratory of Dr Dave Carter which has been established to study the effects of non-coding RNAs and extracellular vesicles in stress response...

Analytik are pleased to announce that Scottish researchers from the University of Glasgow have turned to Raman analytical technology to gain a better understanding of the use of colour in Roman sculpture. 

Dr Louisa Campbell is researching Paints and Pigments In the Past (PPIP) in her role as Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, a project part-funded by Historic Environment Scotland's Archaeology Programme. The project team aims to analyse and identify the compounds in pigments...

Analytik are pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors for Nanophoton, Japanese manufacturers of innovative, benchtop Raman imaging systems for both industrial and research laboratories. 

Nanophoton is a manufacturer of high performance analytical and imaging instruments with major focus on innovative Raman systems by using most up-to-date photonics and nanotechnology. Nanophoton’s instruments include high performance Raman Imaging Systems, fast Raman Screening Systems...

Analytik are pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors for the NeoSpectra range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors.

Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the NeoSpectra™ range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors. These are based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology developed by Si-Ware Systems (SWS), an independent fabless semiconductor company that is fostering silicon innovation...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, are pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors for German company, Particle Metrix GmbH, manufacturers of particle analysers for dispersions and macromolecular solutions.

The main applications are in the fields of the life sciences and colloid chemistry. Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the nanoparticle characterisation products of leading German company, Particle Metrix GmbH. Initially, Particle Metrix developed systems to characterise colloids....

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the exciting “COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts” exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.

Amongst various analytical instruments, the ASD FieldSpec 4 system was used to characterise both inorganic and organic materials (pigments and binders) on a number of illuminated manuscripts. The “COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts” exhibition celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s 2016 bicentenary....

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the research program running at the University of Brighton by the Brighton Centre for Regenerative Medicine where a GeSiM BioScaffolder system is being used to develop bionic histological lattices for a variety of tissues for regenerative medicine applications. 

The interdisciplinary character of the BCRM allows the implementation of a research strategy based on the control of biological processes through the means of advanced, biomimetic and bioresponsive biomaterials suitable for minimally-invasive surgery. The surfaces of medical implants and scaffolds are functionalised with macromolecules, thin films and polymeric coatings capable of controlling cell activity at the...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on Scott Bader's characterisation of conventional and inverse emulsions using the CPS Disc Centrifuge UHR. 

Scott Bader is a multinational chemical company with production and laboratory facilities around the world. Their Speciality Polymers Group is based at Wollaston near Wellingborough. Here the group develops conventional and inverse emulsion products for a variety of industrial applications, as well as providing technical support for production. The most familiar type of emulsion is probably the oil in water emulsion...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce their new social media channels. 

Analytik’s social media presence has quickly evolved from an experimental marketing approach to become an essential tool, central to our future growth and development strategy. Social media channels allow Analytik to maintain real-time connections with our customers and show the more personalised and human elements of our services. Social media is about engaging with an online audience and sharing relevant, interesting and...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on BHR Group using the Microfluidics M-110P for the DOMINO project to study the break-up of silica particle clusters. 

BHR Group is an independent research, consultancy and testing company based on the prestigious Cranfield University campus for over 60 years. They specialise in the core skills of fluid dynamics, process scale-up, mixing and dispersion processes; physical and computational modelling, materials interaction, computer aided engineering (CAE), engineering mechanics, chemical behaviour and numerical modelling in the areas of chemical...

The John Innes Centre (JIC) is located on the Norwich Research Park in the heart of East Anglia, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Its mission is to generate knowledge of plants and microbes through innovative research and to apply knowledge of nature’s diversity to benefit agriculture, the environment and human health & well-being.

The BBSRC, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and HGCA, the cereals and oilseeds division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) are funding a LINK project “A ‘breeder’s tool kit’ to improve Hagberg Falling Number¹ for the economic and environmental sustainability of UK wheat” in collaboration with four breeding companies in the UK and Europe to genetically map and understand the mechanisms of six previously identified QTL segregating in UK germplasm....

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the availability of Microfluidics’ new LM20 high shear fluid processor.

Microfluidics, part of IDEX Corporation, is the manufacturer of unique high shear fluid processors, known as Microfluidizers, that can produce dispersions & emulsions of very tight particle size distributions, effectively de-agglomerate particles and disrupt cells in suspension. The new LM20 Microfluidizer® is a digitally controlled high-shear fluid processor capable of processing from 14 ml batches up to 100 ml/minute continuously. A first for a...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on how the National Physical Laboratory applies the ASD, a PANalytical company FieldSpec 4 analyser to study vegetation to compare with data recorded from satellites. 

The Environmental Division of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has a group which specialises in the investigation of the quality of Earth Observation satellite data. The TREES group (TRaceability in tErrestrial vEgetation Sensors and biophysical products) aims to provide end-to-end traceability for terrestrial vegetation sensors and satellite-derived products of biophysical Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) through a range of research activities...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the availability of ASD's new FieldSpec 4 High Resolution NG portable spectroradiometer.

This is designed to meet the specifications of NASA’s next generation of airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer. AVIRISng is an acronym for the Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation. It has been developed by government laboratories in the USA, NASA and JPL, to provide continued access to high signal-to-noise ratio imaging spectroscopy measurements in the solar reflected spectral range. To complement this, ASD have introduced their...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, have joined SEAHA as an industrial partner and will help in the supervision of a student in the use of spectral imaging techniques to evaluate historical artefacts. 

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA) is an 8-year initiative (2014-2022) to establish an infrastructure to meet challenges set by the heritage sector, industry and government. Analytik have joined this project as an industrial partner and student supervisor. Analytik are leading suppliers of portable and handheld spectrometers including Visible and Near-Infrared (Vis-NIR)...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the work of researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.

The Videometer VL3 multispectral imaging system provides high throughput screening of wheat samples. The John Innes Centre (JIC) is located on the Norwich Research Park in the heart of East Anglia, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Its mission is to generate knowledge of plants and microbes through innovative research and to apply knowledge of nature’s diversity to benefit agriculture...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the UK and Ireland availability of the Peltier-controlled cuvette holders and custom instrumentation from Quantum Northwest. 

Analytik have been appointed as the exclusive UK and Ireland distributors of Quantum Northwest’s Peltier-controlled cuvette holders and custom instrumentation. The Quantum Northwest products are designed to fit various spectrometers from world famous brands such as Agilent Technologies, Shimadzu, Horiba Scientific, Applied Photophysics, Edinburgh Instruments, ISS, PicoQuant and PTI. Illustrated here is the qpod 2e, a temperature...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, supply the Schmidt + Haensch's market leading polarimeters and refractometers in the UK & Ireland. 

Schmidt + Haensch's automatic digital refractometers, supplied by Analytik, are high performance critical angle refractometers, which feature unique technology and integrated Peltier thermostats for qualitative and quantitative materials analysis for industrial and manufacturing use. Two models are available: ATR-B and ATR-F depending on the users’ requirements.  This series can use S+H's innovative L-Display as well as operating...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the Agilent 4300 Handheld FTIR spectrometer for a wide range of applications. 

Analytik announces the UK and Ireland release of the Agilent 4300 Handheld FTIR spectrometer. This lightweight, ergonomic analyser enables the direct identification and assessment of high-value materials without sample extraction, making handheld FTIR a true non-destructive testing solution. The 4300 Handheld FTIR enables the user to take measurements wherever they are needed – regardless of the physical size or location of the object...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on how the LabSpec Vis-NIR portable spectrometer from PANalytical Boulder (formerly ASD Inc) is being used to study historic materials. 

Analytik have supplied LabSpec Vis-NIR spectrometers in the world of heritage research where non-destructive identification of materials is vital both in terms of preservation and restoration. Systems are in use in museums, galleries, libraries and historic properties where applications include the dating of historic parchments and the analysis of pigments on manuscripts.  Dr Craig Kennedy is a senior lecturer in the School of the...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on research work at the Babraham Institute to study protein microarrays using the GeSiM Nano-Plotter system. 

Affinomics is an EC FP7 Collaborative Project set up to initiate the generation of a proteome-wide binder collection. To this end, the project integrates the expertise and technologies available in leading European centres in order to create an efficient pipeline for target and binder production, validation and quality control. It is coordinated by Dr Mike Taussig of the Protein Technology Group at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the SciAps Inspector 500 SWIR Raman system for the pharmaceutical industry. 

Analytik has announced the UK and Ireland release of the SciAps Inspector 500 SWIR Raman system for the pharmaceutical analysis of API’s and excipients including cellulose-based materials like Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC’s), Croscarmellose, nutrients like Folic Acid; and other complex molecules. The Inspector 500, featuring shortwave-infrared Raman technology, offers a new choice in handheld Raman analysers...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, are pleased to announce the availability of the TerraSpec Halo mineral identifier from PANalytical Boulder (formerly ASD Inc). 

Analytik has announced the UK and Ireland release of the TerraSpec Halo, a lightweight, portable, full range near-infrared spectrometer designed to revolutionise the mineral exploration process. With a simple push of a button, the TerraSpec Halo delivers mineralogy results in a matter of seconds, a rapid method to identify minerals and decrease associated exploration costs... 

Analytik has announced the UK and Ireland release of the VideometerLab 3, an easy-to-use multispectral imaging and automated visual measurement system for fast and accurate determination of surface colour, texture and dimensions of manufactured and natural products. 

The innovative system offers higher illumination efficiency and improved UV signal-to-noise than its predecessors. The instrument integrates a high-resolution camera with advanced digital image analysis and statistics software. The output is an accurate and objective measurement of visual quality in less than 10 seconds. Imaging examples can be seen on the VideometerLab 3 product pages... 

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on use of CPS Disc Centrifuges for high resolution nanoparticle size analysis at the University of Liverpool and University College Dublin. 

Analytik reports on the work of the Food & Environmental Research Agency

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, reports on the work of the Food & Environmental Research Agency where they have carried out studies on engineered nanoparticles using various particle sizing techniques, notably differential centrifugal sedimentation analysis...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the GeSiM Nano-Plotter™ system being used at the University of Greenwich to study polymeric coatings for medical devices.

Dr Dennis Douroumis is a Reader in pharmaceutical sciences in the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Greenwich. His research covers several areas: from the development of drug delivery systems applying nanotechnology to medical devices where he is working on drug eluting stents with coatings using novel polymers. This latter program employs the GeSiM Nano-Plotter from Analytik...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the ASD LabSpec portable NIR spectroscopy system in the Centre for Sustainable Heritage at UCL.

They use the system for the scientific research of historic objects as part of a project with a prestigious group of European institutions, the work of which has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Analytical Methods. The Centre for Sustainable Heritage is part of University College London, a leading academic research institution.....

Analytik report on their users' RSC publication in Analytical Methods which demonstrates the use of the ASD FieldSpec portable NIR analyser in the study of medieval illuminated manuscripts.

Dr Paola Ricciardi and her colleagues from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, have recently published their latest results on using near-infrared fibre optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) to study green pigments and mixtures in illuminated manuscripts. The contextualised study has a focus on French illumination between the 13^th and 16^th century and also allows comparisons with contemporary materials from different regions of the world...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical solutions to the UK and Ireland, are pleased to announce their exclusive representation of SciAps' range of handheld Raman spectrometers. The new Inspector series offers a 785 nm or 1030 nm laser for users across the materials characterisation spectrum.

Analytik announces a new era in handheld Raman materials identification systems with the launch of the SciAps Inspector series in the UK & Ireland. The new generation of SciAps Inspector, the world's most powerful Raman handheld materials identification system, is now available. For more than ten years, Inspector Raman®, with its patented, free space platform, has evolved to meet expanding customer requirements. The innovative, redesigned portable Inspector series enables Raman material discrimination of a wider range of samples by eliminating unwanted sample and background fluorescence....

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, partner with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of handheld and laboratory based spectroradiometers and integrating spheres for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace.

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical solutions to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to report on the use of AgriSpec portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer from ASD Inc. at Rothamsted Research Ltd, the longest running agricultural research station in the world. The spectrometer is used for nitrogen measurements in grain

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, partner with German company, Schmidt + Haensch, for the supply of market leading polarimeters and refractometers, is pleased to report on the use of Schmidt + Haensch Polartronic H532 Polarimeter at the University of Leeds, School of Chemistry

Analytik partner with GL Optic for the supply of handheld and laboratory based spectroradiometers and integrating spheres for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace. Analytik reports on how Astro Lighting makes use of this product in their development of new LED lighting

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the CPS Instruments Disc Centrifuge in the Surface and Nanoanalysis group at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the ASD portable FieldSpec^® 4 spectroradiometer at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge where the researchers are performing pigment analysis of illuminated manuscripts