Polymer Chemistry

Polymer chemistry is widely used in medical devices to provide desired physical properties, surface characteristics and sterile packaging systems, among other applications. A combination of backbone chemistry, molecular weight properties, processing conditions and additives can have a huge impact on performance. Eurofins Medical Device Testing laboratories have extensive expertise in polymer chemistry, with analytical options from basic characterisation of materials to investigations involving complex problems.

Our laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for polymer characterisation:

• Spectroscopy: FTIR, NMR, Raman
• Chromatography: GC, LC, GPC, IC
• Mass Spectrometry: LC/MS, GC/MS, Pyrolysis GC/MS
• Thermal: DSC, DTA, TGA, TMA, DMA, Rheology
• Elemental: ICP-OES, ICP-MS, XRF, EDS
• Microscopy: SEM, TEM, FIB, AFM, OP
• Surface: XPS/ESCA, TOF-SIMS, Auger

Choose Eurofins Medical Device Testing to help you:

• Customise chemical analysis involving deformulation, contaminant identification, failure analysis, materials identification, materials development and specification and litigation support.
• Perform polymer analysis to investigate biodegradation of an implanted device.
• Analyse polymeric materials to evaluate products for resin composition.
• Investigate accelerated aging of materials.

Additionally, we partner with medical device internal R&D teams to provide rapid and cost-effective analytical services with direct access to our experts and specific instrumentation:

• Materials Characterisation
• Polymer Testing
• Surface Analysis
• Microscopy
• Physical Testing