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Professor Nikos Thomaidis from the University of Athens came to us with a challenge: To detect and identify microplastic particles in fish samples with our BRAVE devices 🐟 >>> 📈   After only simple alkaline digestion procedures and just 10 minutes of sample preparation, BRAVE Analytics‘ combined OF2i®-#Raman device and large particle detector delivered these results.   #microplastics #LPC #MicroplasticAnalysis #MicroplasticsResearch

A new publication! 🎉 Take a look at this mini review in Nano Letters: "Optofluidic Force Induction: A Workbench for Nanoparticle Characterization and Material Analytics" which describes the many versatile ways of using the #OF2i® method to analyze particles: -         Sizing -         PSD -         Concentration -         Raman -         Shape 🌟 Congratulations to the authors: Marko Simic, Christian Neuper, Raphael Hauer, Karin Grießmair, Christian HILL and Ulrich Hohenester The article is published on the Nano Letters website: https://lnkd.in/dExH4nap 📋 Description of the figure shown: Working principle of the OF2i® scheme. (a) Nanoparticles suspended in a liquid are continuously pumped through a microfluidic channelalongside a weakly focused vortex beam. The purpose of the laser beam is 3-fold: First, through optical forces in radial direction (b, left), nanoparticles sufficiently close to the intensity maxima become trapped in transverse direction (dashed line). Second, the optical forces in the laser propagation direction (b, right) push the particles and lead to velocity changes depending on size, shape, and material properties. Third, the light scattered off the particles is detected in the Side Image, which allows monitoring of the velocity changes through the Rayleigh scattering signal as well as analysis of Raman scattering. (c) Radiation pattern of a single particle, where the sideward-scattered light is mainly composed of the SLS-and Raman signals. Large particles additionally scatter light in the forward direction, resulting in a LDS-signal or causing obscuration, which is recorded through the Forward Image. #continuousmanufacturing #drugdevelopment #PAT #microplastics

Hmm.... A new method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids? Yes, BRAVE Analytics is involved. Check out this article about our collaboration with Technische Universität Graz (Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, TU Graz). #microplastics #nanoplastics #icpms #raman https://lnkd.in/e8GAvuXN

Some "OF2i® Guides" are already winging their way to you. And we still have 10 or so to give away >> for anyone interested in a really intensive formula-laden bedtime read, get yours now: https://lnkd.in/gZb5zVP6

Get your scientific giveaway now! 😲 We are giving away 25 copies of “The OF2i® Guide”! Take this opportunity to learn more about particle characterization techniques: - classifications of #particle size, particle shape, particle concentration and #PSD - an overview of Brownian-motion-based techniques, scattering-based techniques and our patented Optofluidic Force Induction principle - the theory behind #OF2i®’s data processing All this and more in a handy paperback format. The first 25 people to register for a free “OF2i® Guide” will receive their copy per post. Don’t miss out! https://lnkd.in/gZb5zVP6

Impressive work from the BRAVE team! As CEO, I see immense potential in MikroNanoPlastics Analytics — especially when complex environmental samples like these can be analyzed so efficiently. Our OF2i®-Raman setup, combined with large particle detection, provides fast and detailed insight that can significantly advance our understanding of micro- and nanoplastic contamination. Excited about the possibilities this opens up — and looking forward to deeper collaboration with Professor Thomaidis and his team. #MicroplasticAnalysis #EnvironmentalTech #OF2i #BRAVEAnalytics #Innovation

It was great to touch base with Marko Simic last week and finally celebrate the publication of “The OF2i® Guide”. This paperback reproduces the first four chapters of Marko’s dissertation and gives a comprehensive overview of nanoparticle characterization techniques, including the patented #OF2i® method. #particlesizing #nanoparticles #particleanalysis

We are proud to announce our publication "Unified Simulation Platform for Optical Tweezers and Optofluidic Force Induction" in ACS Photonics 🎉 See the comments for a link directly to the paper. As the authors were here together, we also took the opportunity to celebrate their publication in Nanophotonics “Imaging the scattered light of a nanoparticle through a cylindrical capillary” from last year. We don’t get together often enough but now the weather 🌝 is lovely on the BRAVE balcony.   For an overview of BRAVE scientific publications, see https://lnkd.in/gV9kD_kb

Recording microplastic particles and their distribution in fish samples with just 10 minutes sample preparation. Looking back on a great visit from Professor Nikolaos S. Thomaidis from the University of Athens. The challenge was to analyze fish samples and clearly identify #microplastics using only simple alkaline digestion procedures and just 10 minutes of sample preparation. BRAVE Analytics‘ combined OF2i®-Raman device and large particle detector delivered the results. Thank you Nikos – we look forward to a closer collaboration on microplastics analysis. #LPC #MicroplasticAnalysis #MicroplasticsResearch

The BRAVE instruments have a new design! Check out our benchtop portfolio and let us know what you think.