ÒWhy Do Chemical and Pharmaceutical Companies Care Why the Sky is Blue?Ó

Steve Trainoff

Director of Engineering

Wyatt Technology Corporation

 

Abstract

In the last 20 years, light scattering has moved from an academic research tool, to a standard industrial method of macromolecular characterization.  It can be used to measure a host of fundamental properties including molecular weight, size, aggregation, conformation, diffusion, and virial coefficients.   The talk will cover the basic concepts behind light scattering instrumentation and will cover several case studies of how it has been used to solve real world problems.