Material Science

Materials science constitutes a real interdisciplinary challenge. Research into
new and existing materials relies on a wide variety of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy or geology. An important, common goal of the scientists in this field is to discover how the structure and the characteristics of a material are related to one another.
All over the world researches and developers place their trust in Bruker technology in their work and, with its help, develop materials and workpieces with really astonishing properties. We are all familiar with the famous terms: lotus blossom effect, superconductor, semiconductor or Teflon. Yet very few people are aware of the many skills involved and the extent to which high tech materials make our daily life easier; nor do they realise how much nanotechnological manufacturing processes already simplify industrial production.
There is hardly another research of application field that has grown so fast over
the past ten years, has had such a sustained impact on modern life and hardly a scientific field that holds so many future challenges for Bruker systems.

Aluminium and Metallurgy (XRF & XRD)

Different kind of raw materials are involved in metal production: Variations of their composition and impurities directly reflect on the quality of the final metal alloys. The fast quality control of the final metal alloy is the second important analytical task, X-ray tools are dedicated to serve in the best way.

Cement and Raw Materials (XRF & XRD)

In cement production the chemical and mineralogical composition of raw materials as well as intermediate and finished products has to be determined to control and optimize the process and to guarantee constant high product quality.

Fuel Ethanol (IR)

FT-NIR spectroscopy is a widely used technique that can do rapid and non-destructive measurements in seconds. This technique can achieve multiple analysis results per measurement and determine real–time chemical information at-line and in-line.

Surface Science (IR)

Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS) is a widely used tool to examine chemical structure, conformation, and orientation of molecules in ultrathin films on various substrates and at interfaces.

Minerals, Mining and Geology (X-Ray)

X-ray analysis of polycrystalline powder samples is one of the most powerful process-control tool for the minerals and mining industry.

Polymers and Plastics (NMR)

Polymers can be studied by NMR in different states and under a large variety of conditions.

Nanomaterials (NMR)

The miniaturization of structural elements and mechanical components poses completely new challenges to material science.