Dispersion analysis that answers the question.
We don’t just hand you raw data — we explain what the numbers mean, so you know what to change, which formulation wins, and whether it will hold.
Whether you have a proven formulation that just needs reliable shelf-life testing, or a complex system failure that requires deep fundamental investigation, we provide the exact level of support you need.
Most dispersion problems are invisible until they aren't.
A product that looks fine on day one separates in the warehouse. An emulsion that passed every check creams in the field. A competitor's version holds and yours doesn't, and no one can say why. The measurements that answer these questions exist. Performing them takes specialized instruments; interpreting them so they’re of value to you takes experience. We bring both.
Does any of this sound familiar?
An emulsion that creams — or worse, breaks. A suspension that settles into a hard cake that won’t stir back in. Asphaltenes dropping out of a crude. A product that looked fine on day one and came apart in the warehouse — or a competitor’s version that holds when yours doesn’t. You need to know how long it will really hold, and why it’s failing, without waiting months to find out.
A new formulation that has to be proven before it ships or scales — shelf life predicted, candidates ranked, particle size and stability pinned down. Or an existing one that has to get better: a cleaner label, a lower cost, improved performance, a new ingredient, a longer shelf life — without giving up the quality your customers already trust.
A homogenizer you’re not running at its best — pressure, temperature, and the number of passes set by feel, and pushed a little high to be safe. Past a point, more energy doesn’t help: it costs more at scale, and it can shear the product apart.
Foam in the wrong place — disrupting a process, overflowing a tank, slowing a line, and a defoamer you need to choose or prove. Or foam in the right place: the rich, lasting head a shampoo or a face wash is judged by.
Particles where you don’t want them — off a filter, through a membrane, in an injectable or a fluid that has to stay clean. At those concentrations they slip past the usual methods, and there’s no clean way to know how many got through, or how big.
Different industries, different products — food and beverage, coatings, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, nanomaterials — but underneath, it’s the same question: what is the dispersion doing, and why?
This is how we answer the question.
Stability & shelf-life
Accelerated stability analysis by analytical centrifugation — we rank formulations, predict shelf-life, benchmark against competitors, and find the mechanism when something fails.
Rheology & flow
How your product pours, pumps, sprays, and holds its structure — flow curves and viscosity profiles, yield point determination, and oscillatory tests that show whether a formulation has the structure to keep particles suspended or is destined to settle.
Particle size & charge
Particle size distribution, absolute particle counting from 20 nm to 20 µm, and zeta potential — with the context to know whether a number is good news or a warning.
Interfacial & foam
Dynamic surface and interfacial tension, interfacial rheology, and foam behavior — the surface science behind why dispersions form, hold, or collapse.
A number without context is just a number. The value is in knowing what it means.
The numbers never arrive alone. Every result comes with a plain-language read — what the data say, why, and what to do next. Behind that read: a PhD in colloid chemistry and three decades of dispersion work across specialty chemicals, coatings, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, and nanomaterials. Odds are, we’ve seen a system like yours before.
It starts with a conversation — and ends with one.
Tell us the problem — or the goal — and we’ll tell you whether a measurement can get you there. When your report is ready, it doesn’t just arrive in your inbox — we go through it together: what the data say, what they mean, and what to do next. Confidential by default; NDA on request.