Q-Sense is the leading specialist in QCM-D technology, and was the first company set up specifically to develop the technique. It was founded in 1996 by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and the company continues to work closely with researchers at leading universities throughout the world to ensure that QCM-D is at the forefront of developments. Early year 2000, the company entered a more commercial phase and has since then, successfully sold research instruments to academic and industrial scientists worldwide.
Today, the company has a world-wide distributor network, instruments used in more than 20 countries and a subsidiary in the US. It is part of Biolin AB, a group which supports the development of innovation in science.
The QCM-D technique determines the mass of very thin surface bound layers and simultaneously gives information about their viscoelastic properties. This offers new opportunities to study conformational changes in layers formed on different surface materials, for example biomaterials. The unique properties of QCM-D make it an invaluable tool for studying macromolecules at surfaces and an important complement to existing technologies. Applications include biofouling, biomaterials, drug development and surfactants.
 |
| A1 Nanoscience Goes Large |
21 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
When science goes to the nanoscale it demands the involvement of many scientific disciplines to understand what is going on. Morten Foss from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) at the University of Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark explains what he and his colleagues are doing to progress this new technological field and how QCM-D is involved. Read more » |
|
|
| Eva-Carin Tengberg new CEO for Q-Sense AB |
20 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Eva-Carin Tengberg has lately been working with business development in companies affiliated to Gothenburg University and also Connect’s biomedical projects. Earlier, she has been head of Nobel Biocare’s subsidiaries in Canada and Germany and she has also been responsible for Volvo Trucks’ personnel abroad. Eva-Carin begins the 1st of Februari. The resigning CEO Anna Weiner will continue in Q-Sense AB as a resource in market related issues. |
|
|
| Harvard and Stanford becomes new reference centers for Q-Sense in the US |
19 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense continues to expand its activities in the US and has reached agreements with the universities of Harvard and Stanford as new reference centers in the US. This enables two of the world leading academic institutions and a number of opinion leading scientists to use and participate in the further development of the QCM-D technique. |
|
|
| Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research co-operates with Q-Sense |
18 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Professor Wolfgang Knoll decided to co-operate with Q-Sense to further explore QCM-D within his research interests and to become a Q-Sense reference center. The research will be carried out at National University of Singapore where Professor Knoll is distinguished professor. The research also involves people from the National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology in Higashi, Japan. Q-Sense has now formed a very strong network of prominent researchers to secure a long term successful development of QCM-D research instruments. |
|
|
| Q-Sense sells research instrument to university in China |
17 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense continues to expand world-wide and has now also received its first order from Hefei University of Science and Technology in main land China. The customer to use the patented QCM-D technology is located in Hefei near Shanghai and consists of a research group at the department of Polymer Science and Technology. |
|
|
| Q-Sense signs contract with Japanese distributor |
16 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense AB, developing and selling a sensor technology for non-rigid surfaces, has signed a distributor agreement with Meiwa Shoji Ltd, Osaka, Japan. The agreement means that Meiwa handles sales & marketing of Q-Sense' products in Japan. |
|
|
| Q-Sense Inc. has sold & installed research instrument for surface analysis to Department of Bioengineering |
15 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense Inc. of Newport Beach in California, USA has sold and installed a research instrument for surface analysis to the Department of Bioengineering, Materials Science, Berkeley University in California, USA. Q-Sense Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Q-Sense AB, Göteborg Sweden. |
|
|
| Research Instrument to Study Molecular Events |
14 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
A new generation of research instruments for characterising molecular events at surfaces has been launched by Q-Sense AB. The E4 has been designed for real-time measurements of surface reactions and interactions and is based on the company's proprietary technology, Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation monitoring. |
|
|
| A1 Nanoscience Goes Large |
13 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
When science goes to the nanoscale it demands the involvement of many scientific disciplines to understand what is going on. Morten Foss from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) at the University of Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark explains what he and his colleagues are doing to progress this new technological field and how QCM-D is involved. |
|
|
| P2 Multi-faceted cell coats |
13 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
The pericellular coat that certain cell types have as part of their structure is the interest of Ralf Richter at the Department of Biophysical Chemistry at Heidelberg University. |
|
|
| P2 Multi-faceted cell coats |
13 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
The pericellular coat that certain cell types have as part of their structure is the interest of Ralf Richter at the Department of Biophysical Chemistry at Heidelberg University. |
|
|
| Research instrument to study molecular events |
17 February 2005 - Q-Sense AB
A new generation of research instruments for characterising molecular events at surfaces has been launched by Q-Sense AB. |
|
|
| Q-Sense sells instrument to Berkeley University in California |
15 January 2003 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense Inc. of Newport Beach in California, USA has sold and installed a research instrument for surface analysis to the Department of Bioengineering, Materials Science, Berkeley University in California, USA. Q-Sense Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Q-Sense AB, Göteborg Sweden. |
|
|
| Q-Sense signs contract with Japanese distributor |
12 December 2002 - Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense AB, developing and selling a sensor technology for non-rigid surfaces, has signed a distributor agreement with Meiwa Shoji Ltd, Osaka, Japan. |
|
