SciMed Announces Exciting New Partnership with Cordouan: A Game Changer in Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
27tth August 2025
SciMed are delighted to announce a new partnership with French Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) specialists, Cordouan.
SciMed Becomes UK Distributor for Cordouan instruments
Cordouan have developed a unique range of instruments that offer scientists, researchers, and production teams innovative new ways to measure particle size in solution.
Why are we so excited about this collaboration? Because just like everything else in our fast-changing world, it’s not just about accuracy and precision, it’s also about speed, convenience.
In Situ Measurement: Real-Time Results
Contactless Particle Analysis for Sensitive Samples
Aggregation Kinetics: Monitors Particle Stability
The Problem with Traditional DLS Measurements
Often, conventional DLS techniques required users to remove samples from their solution, transfer them into cuvettes, dilute or prepare them further before measurements could be taken. This process is:
- Time-consuming
- Prone to contamination risks
- Wasteful with consumables
- Demanding on operator time.
For labs and production teams working with expensive, rare, or even hazardous samples, this has always been a significant challenge.
The Cordouan Difference: In Situ Particle Size Analysis
SciMed Expands Dynamic Light Scattering OFFERING
Cordouan’s breakthrough lies in their ability to perform in situ measurements—directly within the solution, without the need to remove or prepare samples.
With Cordouan Vasco Kin and the in-situ analyser head, you can:
- Reduce contamination risks
- Cut down on consumable costs
- Save valuable operator time
- Speed up measurement cycles
- Analyse native concentration samples with little or no dilution required
Meet the Cordouan Vasco Kin
Key Features:
- In situ remote probe connected by an optical fiber umbilical cable
- Contactless measurements: eliminate contamination risk
- Ultra-compact design: space-saving and easy to integrate
- Interchangeable external heads: ensuring versatility and adaptability
This compact yet powerful instrument is ideal for:
- Quality Control (QC) labs managing high sample throughput
- R&D teams working with cutting-edge formulations
- Direct production environments, especially when dealing with precious, expensive, or toxic samples
With Vasco Kin, measurements are faster, safer, and more efficient.
Expert Insight
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Dan Clarke, Product Manager at SciMed, commented:
“We’re proud to partner with Cordouan to bring the Vasco Kin Analyser to our customers in the UK. Their innovative approach to Dynamic Light Scattering is a new approach for our customers, offering faster particle size measurements in new environments. I’m looking forward to working together and bringing this game-changing technology to labs and production environments across the UK.”
What Next?
This collaboration reinforces SciMed’s dedication to introducing breakthrough technologies that redefine particle size analysis, ensuring UK laboratories and production facilities gain faster, safer, and more efficient ways to work with valuable or sensitive samples.
For more information about SciMed’s partnership with Cordouan and the Vasco Kin in situ particle size analyser, please visit our website or complete the form below and a member of our product team will be in touch.
Top FAQ's
Unlike conventional DLS methods that require sample extraction, dilution, and preparation, the Vasco Kin enables in situ, contactless particle size analysis directly within the solution. This reduces contamination risks, saves operator time, and improves efficiency.
The Vasco Kin is ideal for quality control labs, R&D teams, and production environments dealing with expensive, rare, or hazardous samples. It is particularly valuable for industries such as nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and materials research.
In situ analysis eliminates the need for consumables like cuvettes, reduces preparation steps, and delivers faster measurement cycles. This allows laboratories and production teams to streamline processes, cut costs, and achieve more reliable results.
Yes, the Vasco Kin is designed to measure native concentration samples with little or no dilution required, providing accurate results even for complex formulations and precious samples.
You can contact SciMed to discuss your specific needs with a product specialist. Our team can advise on how the Vasco Kin integrates into your workflow and arrange demonstrations or application support.
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