SERVICE PACKAGE
Laboratory analysis
What we offer
High-Quality Measurement and Expert Analysis
- Exclusive Access to Advanced Instruments: Benefit from state-of-the-art technology that ensures precise measurements.
- Expert Handling: Our specialists operate under rigorously controlled conditions, providing error-free results.
- Deep Expertise: Gain insights from professionals experienced in both the technical aspects of our instruments and their practical applications.
- Customized Reporting: Receive detailed, clear, and tailored reports that make data easy to understand and apply to your projects.
Cost Efficiency and Operational Excellence
- Reduce Capital Expenditure: Eliminate the need for equipment purchases, opting for our OPEX model instead.
- Operational Savings: Avoid ongoing costs associated with equipment maintenance and upgrades.
- No Need for Specialized Recruitment:Save on recruiting and training specialized personnel, as our team covers all necessary expertise.
Why Choose Lightnovo’s Services?
Reliability and Support: We provide dependable services that enhance your decision-making capabilities.
Core Activities: Focus on Free your resources to concentrate on your main business operations, while we handle the complexities of data measurement and processing.
Cost Management: Strategic Benefit from our operational cost model, which offers significant financial advantages over in-house operations.
Service List
Data collection (DC)
Requirements
Customer must supply samples
Lab services contract
NDA (on request)
Lab services contract
NDA (on request)
Outline of commitment
Meeting with customer to outline scope
- Outline of expectation and desires
- Specific instruments of interest (if applicable)
Collect spectra from samples as defined by scope
Deliverables
Spectra files collected
Brief report including:
Brief report including:
- Scope of work
- Sample preparation
- Difficulties during analysis
- Acquisition parameters
- File naming convention
- Product recommendation
Pricing Model
Minimum 7.5hrs – EUR 825
Price / extra H* – EUR 110 /H (ex. VAT)
Price / extra H* – EUR 110 /H (ex. VAT)
*Total number of hours spent will be agreed with the customer
+Data analysis (DA)
Requirements
Data collection package
Outline of commitment
Meeting with customer to outline scope
- Analysis desired (e.g. peak information, classification or prediction)
Perform analysis as defined by scope
- Peak fitting and/or MVDA (e.g. PCA, PLS)
Deliverables
Brief report including:
- Brief report from DC package
- Analysis methodology
- Results and discussion
- Conclusion
Pricing Model
Minimum 7.5hrs – EUR 825
Price / extra H* – EUR 110 /H (ex. VAT)
Price / extra H* – EUR 110 /H (ex. VAT)
*Total number of hours spent will be agreed with customer
N.B. Price does not include DC package.
N.B. Price does not include DC package.
USER CASES
Devices offered*
Identification
Typical techniques
Raman spectroscopy: various excitation wavelengths, Principal component analysis (PCA)
Typical use case
Material Identification: Differentiation between unknown materials based on their Raman spectra.
Quality Control: Ensuring product consistency in manufacturing by classifying batches based on spectral signatures.
Food Safety: Detecting adulteration or contamination in food products through spectral classification.
Cultural Heritage: Analyzing and classifying materials in art and historical artifacts to inform restoration efforts.
Explosive & Chemical Warfare Agent Identification & Detection: Classifying unknown substances in security screenings to identify potential explosives or hazardous materials.
Biomarker Discovery: Identifying disease-specific biomarkers in biological samples for diagnostic purposes.
Quality Control: Ensuring product consistency in manufacturing by classifying batches based on spectral signatures.
Food Safety: Detecting adulteration or contamination in food products through spectral classification.
Cultural Heritage: Analyzing and classifying materials in art and historical artifacts to inform restoration efforts.
Explosive & Chemical Warfare Agent Identification & Detection: Classifying unknown substances in security screenings to identify potential explosives or hazardous materials.
Biomarker Discovery: Identifying disease-specific biomarkers in biological samples for diagnostic purposes.
Monitoring & Prediction
Typical techniques
Various Chemometric methods: Partial least squares (PLS), Linear discriminant analysis (LDA), etc…
Typical use case
Concentration Estimation: Predicting the concentration of specific compounds in mixtures based on their Raman spectra.
Reaction Monitoring: Predicting the progress of chemical reactions in real-time to optimize conditions and outcomes.
Material Characterization: Estimating structural features, like crystallinity or particle size, from Raman spectral profiles.
Quality Assurance: Predicting product quality attributes in manufacturing processes based on spectral analysis of raw materials.
Biomarker Quantification: Predicting levels of specific biomarkers in biological samples for diagnostic applications.
Pharmaceutical Stability: Predicting the stability and shelf-life of drug formulations through spectral analysis of degradation products.
Reaction Monitoring: Predicting the progress of chemical reactions in real-time to optimize conditions and outcomes.
Material Characterization: Estimating structural features, like crystallinity or particle size, from Raman spectral profiles.
Quality Assurance: Predicting product quality attributes in manufacturing processes based on spectral analysis of raw materials.
Biomarker Quantification: Predicting levels of specific biomarkers in biological samples for diagnostic applications.
Pharmaceutical Stability: Predicting the stability and shelf-life of drug formulations through spectral analysis of degradation products.
Mapping
Typical techniques
X-Y axes map scans up to 12×12 cm, Depth (Z axis) scans + 3D scans
Typical use case
Chemical Composition Mapping: Creating detailed maps of chemical compositions across surfaces or within samples, such as in heterogeneous materials.
Tissue Analysis & Cellular Heterogeneity: Mapping the distribution of biomolecules in biological tissues to identify healthy versus diseased areas. Mapping metabolic variations within single cells or cell populations to study responses to treatments or environmental changes.
Surface Coating Characterization: Mapping the thickness and composition of surface coatings on various substrates to evaluate performance.
Microbial Detection: Mapping microbial populations in environmental or clinical samples by visualizing specific metabolic markers.
Cultural Heritage Studies: Mapping pigment distribution in artworks or historical artifacts to inform restoration and preservation efforts.
Nanomaterial Characterization: Mapping the distribution of nanomaterials within composite materials to understand their impact on overall properties.
Tissue Analysis & Cellular Heterogeneity: Mapping the distribution of biomolecules in biological tissues to identify healthy versus diseased areas. Mapping metabolic variations within single cells or cell populations to study responses to treatments or environmental changes.
Surface Coating Characterization: Mapping the thickness and composition of surface coatings on various substrates to evaluate performance.
Microbial Detection: Mapping microbial populations in environmental or clinical samples by visualizing specific metabolic markers.
Cultural Heritage Studies: Mapping pigment distribution in artworks or historical artifacts to inform restoration and preservation efforts.
Nanomaterial Characterization: Mapping the distribution of nanomaterials within composite materials to understand their impact on overall properties.
Polarized (THOR)
Typical techniques
Polarization-resolved XY maps up to 12×12 cm, Independent sample/laser polarization rotation, Multi-wavelength crystal orientation analysis
Typical use case
Polycrystalline Materials Investigation: Analyzing polarized Raman response, domain orientation distribution in ferro- and piezoelectric materials, solar cells, and other polycrystalline materials.
Crystal Orientation Determination: Analyzing the polarization of scattered light to precisely determine the orientation of crystalline structures in materials.
Stress and Strain Analysis: Assessing internal stresses in materials by analyzing the polarization changes in Raman signals under mechanical deformation.
Surface Roughness and Morphology: Investigating the surface characteristics of materials, as polarization sensitivity provides insights into surface roughness and morphology.
Chirality Studies: Differentiating chiral molecules by analyzing their polarization response, beneficial for drug development and quality control.
Thin Film Analysis: Examining the polarization properties of thin films to assess thickness, composition, and uniformity.
Quantum Dot Characterization: Investigating the optical properties of quantum dots by analyzing their polarization-dependent Raman signals for applications in nanotechnology.
Crystal Orientation Determination: Analyzing the polarization of scattered light to precisely determine the orientation of crystalline structures in materials.
Stress and Strain Analysis: Assessing internal stresses in materials by analyzing the polarization changes in Raman signals under mechanical deformation.
Surface Roughness and Morphology: Investigating the surface characteristics of materials, as polarization sensitivity provides insights into surface roughness and morphology.
Chirality Studies: Differentiating chiral molecules by analyzing their polarization response, beneficial for drug development and quality control.
Thin Film Analysis: Examining the polarization properties of thin films to assess thickness, composition, and uniformity.
Quantum Dot Characterization: Investigating the optical properties of quantum dots by analyzing their polarization-dependent Raman signals for applications in nanotechnology.
