Structure Analysis of Hydrogels
Structure analysis is one of the most critical analysis methods that helps identify the chemical composition, morphology, mesh size, texture, and others of hydrogels. These analysis results can offer advice on further structural improvement and application of hydrogels. Therefore, a comprehensive structure analysis is necessary for the research and application of hydrogels, especially composite hydrogels. Alfa Chemistry has professional analytical chemists, advanced techniques, and many years of experience in hydrogel structure analysis. We are confident that we can provide you with reliable services to advance your project progress.
Analysis Techniques
Alfa Chemistry provides consumers with professional structure analysis services for hydrogels using the most common analysis techniques, including but not limited to the following.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is an effective technique to qualitative chemical composition by measuring infrared vibrations. FTIR helps determine the chemical structure of hydrogels by tracking the specific chemical groups related to different chemical bonds. This technique is simple, fast and easy, and commonly used to compare the structural sequence of hydrogels to the starting materials.
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a powerful tool to acquire the structure information of hydrogels, which may be adjusted over a six-order-of-magnitude range, from around 10 to 500 000 times. It is an effective approach for detecting the porous structure (morphology, texture, and mesh size) and crosslinks of hydrogels, as well as the effect of loading substances.
Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a scattering technique based on the deflection of collimated radiation away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with structures that are much larger than the wavelength of the radiation. The deflection is small (0.1-10°) hence the name small-angle. SAS can refer to small angle neutron scattering (SANS) or small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). They can determine hydrogel network nanoscale structures in the range of 1 nm-1000 nm.
- X-ray scattering techniques
X-ray scattering techniques are a family of non-destructive analytical techniques that reveal information about the crystal structure and chemical composition of hydrogels. These techniques are based on observing the scattered intensity of an X-ray beam hitting a sample as a function of incident and scattered angle, polarization, and wavelength or energy.
Our Advantages
- We offer structural analysis services for a wide range of hydrogels, ranging from pure hydrogels to composite hydrogels.
- We have reliable technology platform to ensure the accuracy of structure analysis.
- We provide flexible and targeted technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to reduce your time costs.
- We offer a complete analysis report, including method interpretation, data, result files and other information you need.
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