Surface Surgery
CSMA's Bimonthly Problem Solving Column

Surface Surgery is published bimonthly in Pharmaceutical Technology Europe.
Aimed at solving problems within the pharmaceutical industry using surface analysis techniques, readers are invited to submit questions to Pharmaceutical Technology Europe for consideration.

The first surface surgery article highlighting how tablet discoloration can be investigated by ToFSIMS (Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry), can be viewed online following this link

The second surface surgery article highlighting how DSIMS (Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) and 3DP (3D Non-Contact Surface Profiling) can be utilised to analyse drug eluting stents (DES) can be viewed online following this link

The third surface surgery highlighting residual gas analysis of packaged pharmaceutical products can be viewed by following this link

The fourth surface surgery showcasing how surface analysis techniques can be used to investigate counterfeit drugs manufacture can be viewed by following this link

The fifth and final surface surgery detailing how surface analysis can be utilised to investigate manufacturing problems in the pharmaceutical industry can now be viewed by following this link

For further information please contact Justine Bentley, e-mail: justine.bentley@ceram.com, tel: +44 (0)1782 764269.