In-situ Magnetic Particle Spectrometer (INSPECT)

About

The In-situ Magnetic Particle Spectrometer (INSPECT) is a specialized instrument primarily used for real-time monitoring and characterization of MNPs in a lab environment. It is autonomous, in-situ, cost effective, user friendly and have highly sensitive capabilities.

Opportunity

Conventional MPS has a very small measurement chamber (max. few µl) and can only measure magnetic properties after the completion of the synthesis therefore, most of the synthesis is left unobserved and there is no data for the nucleation and growth of the magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). Moreover, for nucleation and growth analysis the gold standard is Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray spectroscopy. Both these devices are costly, require user expertise and require special measurement chambers.

Solution/Product description

INSPECT is a tabletop device and can be installed in a fume hood. The device provides all the parameters (Fully controllable heating unit) with controls for carrying the coprecipitation synthesis process and is autonomous. INSPECT can measure and record change in nucleation and growth of MNPs in real-time. No special measurement chamber needed for synthesis as opposed to TEM and X-ray Spectroscopy. Synthesis can be performed in a flask with a total volume of 25-50 ml. Measurement time can be as low as 1 ms depending upon the kinetics of the synthesis.

Why Us

• Real-time detection of magnetic particles without needing to extract MNPs samples.
• Measures change in magnetic movement providing in depth analysis of the MNPs undergoing nucleation and growth.
• Does not require user expertise and once the synthesis process is started the device is autonomous.
• Device is compact and can be integrated easily in a chemical process or environment. 
• Low Power consumption
• Fully controllable heating unit for precise control over the synthesis process