Competitive Advantage Materials Discovery Optimisation

Maintaining a competitive advantage for many businesses is directly linked to the successful discovery and optimisation of new materials. This process can be very costly, labour intensive and time-consuming, as the conventional method for materials development is a serial one whereby individual samples are sequentially produced and tested for a desired property. This process of trial and error is repeated and refined many times until the final material presents the optimum performance.

A smarter approach to materials development is to utilise High Throughput Methods that are based upon the parallel production of large numbers of materials of varying composition during a single experiment.  This synthesis step when combined with High Throughput Characterisation and Screening techniques can greatly accelerate the time frame for material optimisation. In our experience at Ilika, we have been able to accelerate materials discovery by a factor of between 10 and 100. This in turn can lead to faster product development with our customers able to enjoy all of the marketplace advantages that this can bring.

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