- How is a study priced?
- Per sample, from EUR 200 per sample, with volume rates for libraries. The pricing note on each card is indicative. Your binding quote follows the feasibility check, once we have confirmed your material and analyte can be read directly.
- Why does everything begin with a feasibility check?
- Because if your material is not a fit, we would rather tell you in week one than in week six. The check confirms whether the analyte can be read on the solid in your working liquid, and we define the use case together, so nothing larger gets quoted on a guess.
- How much sample do you need?
- At least 15 mg per sample for the paramagnetic cells (PMC-1, EMC-2), or at least 50 mg for the diamagnetic DC-10000 (working range 50–200 mg). Once a device is assigned to your study, the booking flow holds you to that minimum. Send a clean blank of each material too; it has to clear the same minimum.
- Why do you ask for a blank of each material?
- We read the mass change of the solid, so each material needs its own calibration curve. The clean, non-adsorbed reference you send draws that line, and we then read any analyte off the same curve. One blank per material, sent with the samples to be tested.
- Does one study measure everything at once?
- No. A single run gives one data point: the capacity at one condition. Concentration ladders (isotherms), time series (release kinetics), repeated cycles (cycling stability) and mixtures (the identity add-on) are separate studies, each with its own method and turnaround. The platform can measure all of them; you book the ones your question needs.
- What is the turnaround?
- Between 5 and 30 business days, depending on the study. A single capacity run is quick; a cycling-stability study runs longer because the material has to be cycled. Each card states its typical turnaround.
- Do you replace our existing analytics?
- No. A reading on the solid sits alongside HPLC, UV-Vis, AAS, ICP, LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR and gravimetry as a decision tool, not a replacement. We tell you what is on the material; your instruments tell you what is in the liquid.
- What do we get back?
- A written report with the measured numbers, the calibration used, the fit quality, and a plain note on what the result does and does not cover. You also get the raw data, so you can re-analyse it and use it in your own publications. We walk you through the result; we do not just hand back a number.
- Can we publish with you?
- Yes, and we would welcome it. Include us in a publication and we discount the work. We are still certifying the technology and proving the science, so a shared paper helps us both.