Co-Polymer Composition Analysis Using Benchtop NMR and Fully Automated Sample-to-Report Analysis Workflows

Co-polymers are polymers comprising two or more different monomers and play a crucial role in various industries due to their versatile and tunable properties. These materials are widely used in applications ranging from cosmetics to adhesives, coatings, packaging materials and many more. The ability to tailor the properties of co-polymers by adjusting the ratio of monomers makes them highly valuable in creating specialized materials for a broad field of applications. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful and established analytical technique used to determine the composition and structure of co-polymers. While the individual analyses are well established, the task of executing the analysis often resides with the NMR experts for two reasons; the access to high field NMR systems and the knowledge required for NMR data interpretation. In this Application Note, we will demonstrate that co-polymer composition analysis can not only be executed with accessible benchtop systems like the Fourier 80 Benchtop NMR spectrometer, but also how the analysis workflow can be automated from sample to report using Advanced Chemical Profiling 2.0 Software to the extent that operators require little training and no NMR expertise at all.