IIT Delhi, HORIBA centre to strengthen industry-academia tie-up for joint research

The centre has a Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LA 960), which measures the size of particles in the range of 10nm-5000um. It will be expanded with dynamic light scattering nano-particle size analyser and environmental science analytical techniques. 

A new collaborative research centre called HORIBA India-IIT Delhi Technical Centre has come up at the Department of Chemistry, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, to strengthen the industry-academia partnership for joint research.  

The centre currently has a Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LA 960), which measures the size of particles in the range of 10nm-5000um. The centre will be further expanded with dynamic light scattering nano-particle size analyser and environmental science analytical techniques in due course of time. 

Particle size has a profound effect on material properties such as taste, solubility, texture and appearance and is a valuable indicator of quality and performance.  The LA-960 system can analyse both wet and dry samples and yield accurate number-based particle size distribution, which is a very vital information required in various research and quality control applications. For instance, the particle size determines the glossiness of paint, the flavour of cocoa powder, the reflectivity of highway paint, the hydration rate and strength of cement, properties of die filling powder, absorption rates of pharmaceuticals and the appearances of cosmetics. 

An agreement in this regard was signed by V Ramgopal Rao, the then Director, IIT Delhi, and Rajeev Gautam, president, HORIBA India, to set up the research centre. “Through this collaboration, IIT Delhi and HORIBA India aim to foster industry-academia scientific research and joint technical collaborations,” Pankaj Srivastava, head, Central Research Facility, IIT Delhi said. 

HORIBA is a Japanese company that provides an extensive array of instruments and systems for applications such as scientific R&D (analytical, biomedical, life sciences, pharma), environmental monitoring, meteorology, in-vitro medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing, automotive R&D, electrical vehicle testing and manufacturing, and process and quality control measurements.

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