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To all our valued customers The year 2024 comes to an end. We at Eurofins EAG Materials Science Netherlands strengthened our business operations by expanding our lab space with 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 and welcoming 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀. All efforts were made to further enhance our services to be able to serve you even better in the time to come. We sincerely thank all of you for your collaboration and for placing your trust in us. We wish you and your family a 𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 and a 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 filled with peace and success. We look forward to meeting you again in 2025! Sincerely, Your team at Eurofins EAG Materials Science in Eindhoven, the Netherlands The photo, taken by Jack Hoppenbrouwer with a polarized light microscope, shows the crystallization of sugar.

Looking to the future, Eurofins Materials Science Netherlands in Eindhoven is building a new lab, dedicated to cleanliness validation testing. Last week, the team inspected their future working place. Still without cleanroom suits but wearing construction helmets. The cleanroom, being built by BAM Industrie, will be ready in March 2025. With this new cleanroom on the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, a significant expansion of testing capacity will be realized for the qualification on cleanliness of components for the high-tech manufacturing industry.

Our molecular analysis team welcomes Rick de Graaf, an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 from Avans University of Applied Sciences in 's Hertogenbosch. During his internship, he will develop 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗙𝗔𝗦 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 and analyze them using LC-MS/MS. PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," have a significant impact on the ecosystem and public health due to their extreme durability. Identifying and replacing these substances in products requires extensive research. During his internship, Rick will focus on the analysis of both pure fluoropolymers and mixed products such as printed circuit boards (PCBs). Through his research, he hopes to make a valuable contribution to the well-being of the population, future generations, and the environment. We wish Rick much success with this socially relevant and challenging project!

Our next Ask the Expert webinar is in one month! Register for the event to ask our team of battery experts a question about materials testing throughout the battery life cycle. https://lnkd.in/g48Ffvzn #batterytesting #batterymaterials #materialscharacterization #batterylab

Word jij de 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 bij onze Eurofins EAG vestiging op de High Tech Campus Eindhoven? Geïnteresseerd? Kijk voor meer informatie over deze 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 op: https://lnkd.in/eAeefiuY

𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 are getting smaller and smaller. In the top left picture, a gold bond wire soldered to a contact (green arrow) and a human hair (red arrow) are shown to illustrate the size of the entire contact. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 and you want to understand why? Our experts can make a cross-section exactly through the soldered bond wire by mechanical polishing. Additional chemical etching enables us to visualize the 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 of the problem: a 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 in the lower part of the bond wire (yellow arrow).

A thorough understanding of key differences in packaging films is critical for developing novel packaging systems, determining root cause of failures, and assessing intellectual property concerns. Drs. Carolyn Otten and Jennifer Hoffman share their insight into multilayer packaging film characterization in this application note: https://lnkd.in/gQZfiuv3 #packaging #films #polymers #patentinfringement #failureanalysis

We are pleased to introduce Sebastiaan Soto, a graduate intern from Fontys University of Applied Sciences . During his internship, Sebastiaan will develop and optimize sample preparation procedures that enable accurate determination of the composition of 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲, such as smartphones and printed circuit boards. His research focuses on refining the shredding and milling processes for heterogeneous e-waste to produce samples that are consistent, homogeneous, and representative, which is essential for reliable and reproducible analysis. Analytical techniques such as 𝗫𝗥𝗙, 𝗜𝗖𝗣-𝗢𝗘𝗦, 𝗜𝗖𝗣-𝗠𝗦, and 𝗜𝗚𝗔 (𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀) will be utilized to detect and quantify (critical) elements and impurities.  The goal is to build a strong foundation with improved preparation and analysis methodologies. In this way, we hope to contribute to technologies that promote the recovery of valuable materials from electronic waste and advance more sustainable practices in the future.

The origin of stains on ceramic surfaces... In ceramics, small amounts of contaminations and/or additives can influence the characteristics of the material. Sometimes (local) discolorations/stains appear after processing. Because ceramics are non-conducting and hard to dissolve, analyses by using wet chemical analyses or by most surface analysis techniques are difficult. Using laser ablation ICP-MS, a semi-quantitative survey analysis can be made to determine the elemental composition at specific positions on the ceramic material. Because of the high linear dynamic range, main constituents and trace impurities (down to µg/g levels) can be detected at once without the need of sample preparation. If contaminants are present in depth, depth profiling analyses can be performed. For challenging sample shapes or surfaces, cross-sectioning can create easy access. By scanning the laser laterally over the cross section from the surface towards the bulk of the material, the distribution of contaminants or additives can be studied. More information about laser ablation ICP-MS and its capabilities can be found on our website https://lnkd.in/g3KJKq9g or you can contact Merel van Heeswijk.

Defects in a coating: sometimes the root cause for coating irregularities lies below the surface. This video illustrates how Focused Ion Beam milling can be applied to reveal sub-micron defects beneath the surface….digging to find the root cause. Thanks to our FIB expert Hans Bolten for the great video. #failureanalysis