| AVS 61st International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Applied Surface Science | Wednesday Sessions |
| Session AS+BI+MC-WeA |
| Session: | Practical Surface Analysis I |
| Presenter: | Anna Belu, Medtronic, Inc. |
| Authors: | A.M. Belu, Medtronic, Inc. L. LaGoo, Medtronic, Inc. W. Theilacker, Medtronic, Inc. |
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Real world components and products come in many shapes, sizes and materials, and their surface properties are critical for performance in many areas including adhesion, biocompatibility, corrosion, lubricity, and welding. Surface analysis tools are often employed to gain a fundamental understanding of surface properties of products in development, as well as to evaluate properties of surfaces and interfaces of products that are not performing as specified. This presentation will discuss best practices for analysis of real world samples in an industrial, mainly R&D, environment.
The culture of industry is typically fast paced with the goal being to get product into the hands of consumers as soon as possible. In this environment, the surface analyst is faced with the challenge of providing high quality information from a variety of materials and issues in a short amount of time. The requestor often wants a simple answer and is unaware that the analyst progresses through a series of questions such as What is the issue? What are the best tools to find the answer to the issue? Are the tools up to the task? Is the lab up to the task? What types of results are necessary? What types of samples are helpful? What is the most efficient way to obtain the data? Is it OK to use one tool and analyze one point on one sample? What are efficient ways to analyze data ? Do the results solve the problem? This presentation will discuss the consideration that goes into providing high quality data in a short amount of time and include several examples of surface analysis from real world products.