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February 02 2018 SilcoTek

Silicon Coating Material Compatibility Question

During a conversation with a customer, a question about our Silicon Coating Material Compatibility Guide came up that I couldn´t answer. So I asked our R&D scientist Dr. Min Yuan to answer the...

July 07 2017 bio-medical

Tips For Improved Bioinert HPLC Surfaces

A bioinert sampling and test system is critical to consistent, accurate HPLC test results. But over time inert surfaces can degrade and test flow paths can corrode due to frequent rinse cycles from...

June 24 2016 Corrosion

A New Ally In The Fight Against Galvanic Corrosion

SilcoTek® R&D continues to improve, test, and optimize our coatings and processes. Their latest corrosion tests demonstrate the effectiveness of Dursan® and Silcolloy® coatings in reducing galvanic...

July 24 2015 bio-medical

Prevent Biofouling By Following These 3 Steps

Prevention of non-specific protein adsorption is highly desirable in many fields including food, marine and medical industries. Biofouling or protein adsorption can be a significant issue in medical...

March 27 2015 bio-medical

How to Make Your Instrument Bio Compatible

Why buy a new instrument when the one you already have can be made resistant to protein binding and carryover? Bio-inert Dursan® can be applied to medical sampling system components, significantly...

January 14 2015

What Goes Into the Best Inert Coatings? Outstanding Material Science!

Materials characterization capabilities of SilcoTek® Materials characterization capabilities serve an essential role at SilcoTek® to develop new inert coating products, and an equally essential role...