NESAC/BIO Mission Statement
NESAC/BIO’s mission is to develop and apply new surface analysis technologies for surface characterization. Our surface analysis expertise combined with state-of-the-art instrumentation and data analysis methods allows us to expand the frontiers of surface analysis.
NESAC/BIO provides expert and detailed information about surface properties (composition, structure, spatial distribution, and molecular orientation) needed by modern surface engineering. State-of-the-art instrumentation is coupled with specialized experimental protocols and data analysis methods to address a wide range of research and development issues. Combining our surface analysis expertise with collaborators’ expertise provides the information needed to advance surface characterization.
New developments in materials science that make it possible to control surface chemistry on an increasingly smaller scale are placing increased demands on surface analysis techniques. These developments include:
-Decreasing the lateral dimensions of controllable chemical variations
-Increasing the complexity of molecules being introduced at the surface
-Increasing the sophistication of surface manipulations
NESAC/BIO’s continuing work at the frontiers of surface analysis allows us to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by these new developments. Since starting as an ESCA center, NESAC/BIO has evolved and now has an extensive suite of complementary, surface analysis techniques (ESCA, ToF-SIMS, SPM, NEXAFS, and SEM). Within each technique we are continually expanding the types of analyses available to provide a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of biomedical surfaces.