R&D Product Manager for North America
Dr. Sergey V. Shilov is the R&D Product Manager for North America at Bruker Optics. Sergey joined Bruker in 2001. He is responsible for the support and development of new applications for the Bruker research FTIR systems. He received his Ph.D in 1992 from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Polymer Physics and his M.S. from St. Petersburg State University (Russia) in Physics in 1986. Alexander Von Humboldt foundation (Germany) awarded him research fellowship in 1996. Sergey published 37 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy, surface science, polymer and life-science applications.
Product development in the industrial world can be a long and expensive process. In a competitive market, the window of opportunity for significant revenue can close before a new competitive product could even exit the development cycle. The obvious solution to keeping up in a competitive market is to acquire the product in question, disassemble it, and analyze it. This reverse engineering process can greatly expedite the immediate introduction of competitive products into the marketplace. Molecular spectroscopy (infrared and Raman) is among the most powerful tools in the reserve engineering process. Each molecule has a unique infrared and Raman signature providing great specificity in the identification process. The distribution of components can also be determined by collecting area infrared and Raman images of the product in question.
This webinar will be focused on the process of utilizing IR and Raman spectroscopy to characterize the various industrial and pharmaceutical products. Examples of applications will include O-rings identification, polymer fillers, surface chemicals, multilayer films, identification of pharmaceutical drugs, etc.