What makes PCL different? With a focus on material characterisation, our workforce and laboratory are tailored to solve advanced problems commonly encountered during formulation, design, manufacturing, and storage.
By utilising our services, you will gain access to a comprehensive range of techniques, and the full expertise of our staff. We will work with you to identify your problems, conduct tailored research projects, and partner with your team to provide detailed understanding and method development.
What makes PCL different? With a focus on material characterisation, our workforce and laboratory are tailored to solve advanced problems commonly encountered during formulation, design, manufacturing, and storage.
By utilising our services, you will gain access to a comprehensive range of techniques, and the full expertise of our staff. We will work with you to identify your problems, conduct tailored research projects, and partner with your team to provide detailed understanding and method development.
Our Solutions
Our Solutions
Scientific Consultation
Our teams will sit down together to understand your research project, your material challenges, & what your goals are.
Solution Development
We will work to provide a comprehensive, bespoke research plan that will achieve your research goals.
Research & Analysis
Our team of material specialists will carry our your package of research solutions, and conduct a thorough analysis & reporting on the results.
Report Integration
We report on the findings of your analyses, ensure your team has a rich understanding of the results, & how they effect your wider research project.
Comprehensive
Report
Let our in-house particle experts unlock detailed insights into a particular aspect of your material. Our scientists will conduct your research, provide a detailed analysis, and enable you to insert the findings seamlessly into your research.
Research Packages
Gain a deep understanding of your materials with our detailed Research Packages. These packages combine a series of experiments that will unlock the secret physicochemical properties of your samples materials.
Project Development
Are you about to commence on a long, particle-focused research project? We will work with you to devise a comprehensive, tailored series of experiments and analyses that will best help you achieve your research aims, and take the pressure off your team.
Comprehensive Report
Allow our team of experts to support your larger research aims by conducting one-off experiments under your own specified parameters. Employ our expertise and in-house range of advanced particle analysis instruments to provide key insights and further your research project goals.
Available reports
Gain detailed in unparalleled insight into the sorption properties of your materials. Employing advanced instrumentation and techniques, this report will provide detailed sorption isotherms and kinetics for your material.
Techniques used:
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) |
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Inverse Gas Chromatography (iGC) |
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Detail insight into the size & shape of your particle is essential to predicting it's performance capability. Employing the world's most accurate analyzers, we will provide a detailed analysis of the physical properties of your particle.
Techniques used:
Particle Size Distribution |
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Understanding the Amorphous Content levels of your particles is essential to predicting their performance in a number of end-uses (e.g. solubility, stability). Using complementary techniques, we will provide a detail analysis of the Amorphous Content of your material.
Techniques used:
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) | Learn more >>
X-Ray Powder Diffusion (XRPD) | Learn more >>
Gain a robust understand of various surface properties of your material, with world-leading surface science experts conducting several experiments to give you a comprehensive report on your materials.
Techniques used:
Inverse Gas Chromatography (iGC) | Learn more >>
Volumetric Nitrogen Adsorption| Learn more >>
X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) | Learn more >>
Research Packages
Sometimes a significant part of your research project requires instrumentation and expertise that pose difficulties in terms of availability and affordability. Our comprehensive Research Packages enable you to take utilise our in-house expertise in particle engineering, and unlock the full potential of your research.
Employing a range of advanced techniques to explore key particle properties, we'll interpret findings from a series of experiments to provide you with a detailed report into your materials, working with your team to provide an understanding of the results.
Available Research Packages
Gaining a true understanding of your particles' surface properties is essential to predicting performance in a variety of industrial settings. From formulation to manufacturing, a comprehensive characterization of surface properties is an essential step in the lifecycle of any new material.
Our Surface Characterization Package will provide a detailed report on the surface qualities of your materials, intepreting the findings of a series of tailored experiments and working with your team to convey their import.
Package Includes:
1 x Experiment | Particle Size Analysis
1 x Experiment | Surface Energy Heterogeneity Analysis
1 x Experiment | BET Specific Surface Area Analysis
Data Report & Interpretation
Techniques used:
Particle Size Distribution |
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Inverse Gas Chromatography (iGC) |
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Insight into the amorphous content of a particle is crucial as it profoundly influences the material's properties, such as solubility, stability, and bioavailability; essential for optimizing formulations, ensuring product efficacy, and advancing the development of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and other materials with specific performance requirements.
This package provides a comprehensive overview of the Amorphous Content of your particle, drawing from a series of carefully calibrated experiments to give you a detailed report that will prove indispensable as your research progresses.
Package includes:
1 x Experiment | Thermal Analysis
1 x Experiments | Amorphous content determination
1 x Experiment | X-Ray Diffraction - Single Scan
Data report & interpretation
Techniques used:
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |
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Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) |
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X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XPRD) |
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Polymorphism in powder samples in pharmaceuticals is a vital property when trying to predict solubility or stability, as different crystal forms can exhibit distinct physical and chemical properties.
Be safe in the knowledge that our carefully selected series of experiments will provide unparalleled insight into the polymorphism of your materials, and our team of expert are here to coach your team on what the findings mean for your wider research project.
Package includes:
1 x Experiment | X-Ray Powder Diffraction - Single Scan
1 x Experiment | Thermal Analysis
1 x Experiments | Water Sorption Analysis
1 x Experiments | Organic Sorption Analysis
Data report & interpretation
Techniques used:
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) | Learn more >>
X-Ray Powder Diffusion (XRPD) | Learn more >>
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) |Learn More >>
The prevalence of moisture in almost all industrial environments means developing a detailed knowledge of how your particle reacts to moisture is essential to predicting & guaranteeing the performance of the end product.
Employing the world's leading sorption analyzers, our team of in-house experts will craft a report that precisely outlines the sorption properties of you material, and work with you team to ensure they can fully utilize the results.
Package includes:
1 x Experiment | Water Sorption Analysis
1 x Experiment | Hygroscopicity
Data report & interpretation
Techniques used:
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS) |
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Wettability and cohesion can have a huge affect on dissolution rates, bioavailability, formulation stability, and flowability, making them essential properties to understand at every stage of a product's life cycle, from R&D to consistent manufacturing.
Using advanced experimental techniques, our Surface Properties package will tailor a detailed report around the precise features of your particle's surface, empowering you to move forward with your project with confidence.
Package includes:
1 x Experiment | BET Specific Surface Area Analysis
1 x Experiment | Surface Energy Heterogeneity Analysis
1 x Experiment | Surface Energy Analysis - Custom Method
Data report & interpretation
Techniques used:
Inverse Gas Chromatography (iGC) |
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Project Development
Our specialized service excels in conducting project development for long-term research endeavors, offering a comprehensive and tailored approach to meet the unique needs of your project. With a team of seasoned experts, cutting-edge technology, and a commitment to excellence, we guide you through every phase of the project lifecycle.
From conceptualization and planning to execution and analysis, our service ensures that your long-term research project progresses seamlessly, meeting milestones and delivering meaningful results.
Tailored to
your project
We'll work with your team to identify the key needs of your research project, and what unique experimental programme will achieve your goals.
Method Development & Validation
Our in-house experts will outline finely tuned methods to achieve your research goals, and vigorously test them to ensure you get results you can trust!
Interpretation & Reporting
Each analysis will come with a full data report and interpretation, with in-depth coaching for your team to best suit them to feed the results into your long-term project.
The Big
Picture
As your long-term project partner, we will keep your research schedule on track, guarantee the most trustworthy results possible, and always have your end goals in mind.
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to partner in quality scientific solutions
Provide a few simple details on your scientific challenges, and we will provide a detailed scientific solution, and collaborate with you from start to finish so you have precise, reliable results.