Monomer and Oligomer Testing
Monomers and oligomers testing and analysis.
Intertek tests monomers, oligomers and polymeric materials, products and processes. Intertek supports process optimization, scale up and regulatory submissions for notification of new substances (NONS) and the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and polymeric pharmaceutical ingredients.
Polymers tested include performance polymers such as acrylics, polyesters, polyethers, polyurethanes and naturally derived polymers such as cellulosics, carbohydrates and polysaccharides and biological polymers. Oligomers studied include a range of functional prepolymers, telechelic oligomers and branched oligomers of various architectures. A wide range of standard and speciality monomers are analysed in the laboratory, including functional monomers with hydroxyl, isocyanate, carboxylic acid, epoxy functionality.
Applications studied have included development of reactive oligomers for UV curing formulations, new surface coating and ink formulations, residual monomers in food related applications and reactive oligomers for modification of pharmaceutical small molecule API’s and for grafting on to biological molecules such as proteins for synthetic post translational modification.
Monomer and oligomer analysis:
- Comprehensive polymer characterization capability
- Polymer molecular weight determination
- Evaluation of polymer dispersions
- Compostion of plastic materials
- Miicroscopic examination of bulk and granulated polymer materials
Analytical techniques for monomer and oligomer analyses:
- Molecular Weight (MW) of Polymers
- MALDI-TOF MS, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for oligomers and low to medium weight polymers
- High Resolution Probe MS with high temperature probe desorption techniques (DEI / DCI) for oligomers up to 5000 daltons
- NMR Analysis of Polymers
- Headspace GC (residual monomer analysis)
- Wet chemistry for analysis of functional groups
- Pyrolysis GC
- Surface Analysis
- Thermal Analysis of Polymers and Plastics
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