Measuring zeta potential is important in many industries. How the data are interpreted can affect the quality of key business decisions. Modern instruments are easy to use. But how? It isn’t straightforward. There’s a high likelihood that the data are misleading. Higher than you might think. The bottom line – you may make costly bad
No science beyond this point
I don’t get it, I really don’t get it. The flip chart says it all. “Colloid science is just too complicated and impractical!” No, that’s not true. This view pervades the pharmaceutical industry and is one that I am determined to dispel – or at least try to. That’s my mission. [Note, this article isn’t
I spy with my little eye…
That’s my retina. It’s one of the most valuable instruments I have. Like everyone, I have two. For me, they are indispensable for solving problems in the pharmaceutical industry, where expensive out-of-the blue failures plague development and manufacturing processes. Over the years, I have come to realize that I am blessed with what Roger Waters
Time for a reboot
Reboot. This is the latest Hollywood trend of remaking 20+ year-old sitcoms and movies, oftentimes with the original actors. So what? Well, I’ve gone through something of a reboot of my own during the past year. It was a year ago this week that I bid my employer of 24 years farewell. I really had
You say nano, I say…
Since the explosion of nanotechnology in the last couple of decades, the terminology used to describe a liquid dispersion has become very confused and contentious. The terms nanodispersion, nanoparticle dispersion, nanosuspension, colloidal dispersion, and colloid suspension are often used interchangeably or limited to rigid definitions, according to personal preference and the field of technology. Colloidal
Next Generation Electrophoretic Light Scattering
This is the presentation given by Enlighten Scientific owner John F Miller at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Boston on 23 August 2018. It is the first public talk about Enlighten Scientific’s ground-breaking Next Generation Electrophoretic Light Scattering system (NG-ELS) that surpasses any available commercial instrument for measuring ever-increasingly important high ionic