Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Biosensor Arrays

Zimmer and Peacock creates biosensor arrays from it's biosensor catalogue. We are able to place 4 biosensors within a small footprint, for example 4 glucose sensors, 4 pH sensors, 2 glucose sensors with 1 potassium sensor and 1 lacate sensor etc.

The biosensor array platform from Zimmer and Peacock allows for over 256 combinations of sensor from our pH, glucose, lactate and pH sensors for example. Find out more on our website here. 

ZP at Medica

Zimmer and Peacock is a world leading independent developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostics and biosensor so we will be attending Medica this year. Please contact us to meet us there.

Diabetes Technology Meeting

Zimmer and Peacock are a world leading contract developer and manufacturer of SMBG and CGM sensors and electronics. We are delighted to be attending the DTM meeting this November, please contact us to meet us there.

Cambridge University Masterclass on Biosensors

For the second year running ZP has partnered with the University of Cambridge to run a Masterclass on Biosensors, this masterclass is very unique as we believe you learn by doing and so the 2-day event will involve a lot of practicals performed by the attendees.

Please visit our website to attend and see videos of some of the practicals you will perform.

Sensors in Food and Agriculture

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers of sensors for food and agriculture, as demonstrated by our chilli sensor.

We are delighted to be exhibiting at Sensors in Food and Agriculture 2018 the 3rd annual Sensors in Food and Agriculture Conference 18-19 July 2018, John Innes Centre, Norwich Science Park, Norwich NR4 7UH United Kingdom.

Zimmer and Peacock is a world leading independent developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostics and biosensor so we will be attending Medical this year. Please contact us to meet us there.

Zimmer and Peacock are a world leading contract developer and manufacturer of SMBG and CGM sensors and electronics. we are delighted to be attending the DTM meeting this November, please contact us ot meet us there.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Application Note for measuring glucose in soft drinks

The detection of glucose is important in many industries and applications, from the monitoring of glucose for diabetics, to knowing the sugar in a soft drink, to measuring glucose in a bioreactor or cell culture. 

In this application note on our website we provide a simple experiment that can be performed outside of a laboratory with readily available drinks from the supermarket and is intended to test and to gather the first data from a glucose sensor. 

With a glucose sensor one can perform quantitative and qualitative experiments. A quantitative experiment is where we measure and report the amount of glucose in a drop of blood for example.

The application experiment described within this document is a qualitative experiment, which requires no chemicals and can demonstrate a clear response by the sensor to regular coke relative to coke zero which has no sugar. The output from the experiment is qualitative in that the output of the experiment is ‘YES or NO, glucose is present’. Find out more on our website. 

ZP available in France

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to featured on the Darwin Microfluidics webstore for our pH, glucose, oxygen and lactate sensors and developers kit.  

Biomarkers Boston 2018

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to exhibit at Biomarkers Boston 2018.

Zimmer and  Peacock is a contract developer and manufacture of biosensors and medical diagnostics, where we partner with our clients to bring sensors and assays to the market.

ElecNano8

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to exhibit at ElectroNano8.

The mission at ZP is to provide products to aid within electrochemical investigations and to partner on product development and manufacturing where electrochemistry is at the heart of the technology.

We partner with both academia and industry.

We have a case study on how an academic partnership with ZP led to a product on the market.

Please if you have questions regarding ZP don't hesitate to contact us.

ZP Programme Featured at Portsmouth

ZP participates on our clients clinical trials so we are delighted to have a ZP programme appear on the Portsmouth Technologies Trials Unit flyer.

At Zimmer and Peacock we develop and manufacture biosensors and medical diagnostics for our clients, including breath assays.

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Glucose Sensor Demo

Zimmer and Peacock provides a glucose sensor to our clients to help in their development programmes, to aid in their research and get our clients to market ASAP.

In this video we show you how to test a sensor when you first get it.

Potassium Sensor Demo

Zimmer and Peacock provides potassium sensors to help clients and collaborators fast track their sensor development programmes, to aid in their research and get our clients to market ASAP.

In this video we show you how to test a sensor when you first get it.

Summer Meeting of Bioelectrochemistry

Zimmer and Peacock are proud  sponsors of SMOBE, and we look forward to attending this year.

Modern electrochemistry is a discipline at the interface between chemistry, physics and biology. The summer meeting covers the breadth and depth of modern interdisciplinary bio-electrochemistry. The invited key-note lecturers focus on the basics of electrochemistry, protein and DNA electrochemistry and, finally, on micro and nanoscale bio-electrochemical applications. Additionally, PhD students and postdocs are invited to contribute by a poster or oral presentation in one of the above topics.

Renal Panel Developers Kit

Zimmer and Peacock believe that the future for society is accurate point of care monitoring of patients, and that is why we have put together the Renal Panel Developers Kit.

The Renal Panel Kit answers the question, how quickly can I get through the development phase of my renal application and into my manufacturing phase, and get my ideas and products to market? 

Find out more on our website here. 

Oxygen Sensor Demo

Zimmer and Peacock provides an oxygen sensor to help clients and collaborators fast track their sensor development programmes, to aid in their research and get our clients to market ASAP.

In this video we show you how to test a sensor when you first get it.

Nanofluidics in physics and biology

Zimmer and Peacock are talking and exhibiting at Nanofluidics in Physics and Biology in Lyon on the 9 to 12 July. ZImmer and Peacock has a suite of nanopore technology, and we will be presenting this technology at the conference. 

Sensor 2018 San Jose

Thank you for talking to Jim and Chantelle this week at Sensor 2018 San Jose.

At Zimmer and Peacock we have a different philosophy, which is 'what do you want to achieve as opposed to what do you need?' This means we are able to bring the decades of experience of our team to your sensing and sensor needs and problems.

Hacking a potentiostat channel to give a temperature channel

If you have one or more channels on your potentiostat it could be useful to use one as a temperature channel in a particular experiment.  In this hack we tell you how to to it.

To perform this hack you will need:

2 x dipolar connectors

1 x thermocouple

Your will connect the dipolar connector to the thermocouple as shown on our website here.

Rapid Testing of Biosensors

If you are developing a biosensor or sensor it is important that you are able to make rapid and repeatable electrical connection to the sensors and biosensors under test. At ZP we often use the AnaPot Single Channel Test Jig, as it provides a platform upon which we can rapidly test sensors.

If you want to buy parts of the kit then please browse the buttons.

Zimmer and Peacock are talking and exhibiting at Nanofluidics in Physics and Biology in Lyon on the 9 to 12 July. ZImmer and Peacock has a suite of nanopore technology, and we will be presenting this technology at the conference. 

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An alternative to traditional glass electrodes

Traditional glass pH electrodes have been around for decades, but there has been a question is it possible to get away from traditional glass electrodes and replace them with a technology that could provide the performance of a glass electrode but with the low cost fabrication of techniques such as screen-printing.

At Zimmer and Peacock we are striving to get pH sensors to 5 cents or less, and we are on the way to achieving this.

A recent analysis of pH sensors from a ZP manufactured pH sensor batch showed we are bringing mass produced low cost screen printed pH sensors to the market.

Modern Organic Electrochemistry/Analytical Electrochemistry

Electrochemistry has a lot to offer the chemist, it can be used:

1) As a reagent free method of oxidation/reduction in organic synthesis.

2) Electroanalytical chemistry can be used to rank a series of drugs in their propensity to oxidation when considering their metabolic stability.

The issue with electrochemistry of the past was the electrochemical technology. Traditional electrochemical equipment was developed by electrochemists for use by electrochemists. A chemist who wishes to use electrochemical techniques is interested in the product of the experiment and not in the electrochemistry itself.

The problems with traditional electrochemistry have been:

1) ISSUE ONE - Large bulky potentiostats occupying too big a footprint on the bench space.

2) ISSUE TWO - Too many cables; traditional electrochemical experiments involve lots of trailing cables with often five or more cables including: working electrode, reference electrode, counter electrode. grounding cable, sensing cable. The issue is the cabling of an electrochemical experiment can be complex, and errors can take place.

3) ISSUE THREE - Traditional electrochemical experiments demand solution volumes of 5 ml to 100 ml. This is a real issue in applications such as medicinal chemistry where the compounds are always scarce.

4) ISSUE FOUR - Electrochemists are often using aqueous solutions whilst chemists, organics chemists/synthetic chemists are often using organic solvents. The issue is that the materials used in traditional electrochemical experiments may not always be resistant to organic solvents.

Find out more about the Modern Approach to Organic Electroanalytical Chemistry on our website here. 

Gold screen printed electrodes and organic solvents

At Zimmer and Peacock we have electrodes for different applications, a SPE that may be good for one application may not work for another application. In this figure you can see the effect of chloroform on one of our electrodes, in this scenario we advise the users to use our gold SPE which are resistant to organic solvents.

Wearable Skin Sensors and understanding the Signal

The purpose of this note is to give a brief synopsis of some preliminary work performed at ZP for measuring the electrical properties of skin.

At Zimmer and Peacock we develop wearable biosensors for our clients and customers, including: lactate, glucose, potassium, sodium, hydration, perspiration/sweat.

In this note we have taken one of our off the shelf sensors and investigated them for measuring the conductivity of the skin, applications of such sensors can be used to monitor the surface of the skin or depending on the excitation signal we use we can penetrate into the skin and determine the conductivity below the top layer of skin.

The sensors we used for these conductivity based sensors are shown in this figure. You can find out more on our website here. 

The Modern Approach to Organic Electroanalytical Chemistry.

The purpose of this note is to give a brief synopsis of some preliminary work performed at ZP for measuring the electrical properties of skin.

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Expensive probes replaced by screen-printed electrodes

Expensive probe sensors are used throughout industry, including  the water industry, food industry, pharmaceutical industry etc.

The issue with these probes is that they are often complex and therefore expensive to manufacture, and this expense means they cannot be used and discarded, but rather they have to be calibrated, used, decontaminated, recalibrated and re-used.

At Zimmer and Peacock we are helping clients, move away from traditional probes for total dissolved solids, pH etc by displacing  them with screen printed equivalent electrodes.

When manufactured at volumes these screen printed equivalent electrodes can be factory pre-calibrated, used once by the customer and immediately discarded. 

ZP sponsoring I3S - Taiwan

Zimmer and Peacock are sponsors and exhibitor at I3S 2018.

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers and manufacturers of biosensors and bioelectronic devices and so we are delighted to participate in I3S 2018.

Bio-Inspired Magnetic Systems

Zimmer and Peacock will be speaking at the Bio-Inspired Magnetic Systems workshop 2018 at Exeter.

This thematic workshop focuses on the magnetically actuated and controlled microscopic systems enabling a range of actions at Low Reynolds number. From micro-robots and self-propelled swimmers to microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip technology, it will cover a range of topics which are of great interest in both fundamental and applied Physics. As well as world-leading experts in the field, including the confirmed invited speakers, the workshop aims at postgraduate and early careers researchers to maximise the exchange of knowledge and to provide a new platform for the development of new collaborations in this exciting scientific field.   

ZP in Miami

The ZP team and our scientific advisors were out and about in downtown Miami this week.

The guys were at the Biosensors Congress 2018, attending the lectures and presenting posters.

ZP is the world's leading contract biosensor development and manufacturing business, where we develop, manufacture and commercialize our clients' ideas.

Silver/Silver Chloride contamination of working electrode

If you are using screen printed electrodes, either made inhouse or from a third party you may find peaks near 0 V when you run a cyclic voltammogram. What you are seeing is the spillage/contamination of the working electrode by the ink/paste used to make your reference electrode.

If you have data that looks like that in the adjacent image then please contact Zimmer and Peacock for an explanation and  a fix.

Advanced Microfluidics - Biosensors Congress 2018

AMF joined ZP at their stand at the Biosensors Congress 2018 in Miami this week.

In the video we introduce their flagship product, a pump with a minimised dead-volume.

Pavel Zhurauski presenting a poster at Biosensors Congress 2018 Miami

This week part of the ZP team were in Miami at the Biosensors Congress 2018, where Pavel Zhurauski presented his work on biosensors. 

ZP's scientific advisor Erik Johannessen with us in Miami

This week part of the ZP team was in Miami with our scientific advisor Professor Erik Johannessen.

ZP was at the 2018 Biosensors Congress. This was a hectic week of science, technology and business.

Zimmer and Peacock are sponsors and exhibitor at I3S 2018.

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers and manufacturers of biosensors and bioelectronic devices and so we are delighted to participate in I3S 2018.

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ZP on winning team at BCS Hackathon

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to be on the winning team at the BSC Hackathon this week in Manchester.

We joined an amazing team put together on the day.

Starting with a great idea the team put together a technology and a business case for improving efficiency in the NHS.

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How many channels can I have?

At Zimmer and Peacock we focus on manufacturing and sourcing the best technology for our clients and collaborators,.

We were recently asked 'how many channels can I have in a single instrument?'

The beauty is that the PalmSens MUX8-RS supplied form Zimmer and Peacock can be daisy chained together to give 128 channels.

Each multiplexer has a Link connector which can be used to daisy chain to another MUX8-R2 multiplexer, expanding the number of channels. A maximum of 16 multiplexers can be connected in a daisy chain, giving a maximum of 128 channels. The PSTrace software detects automatically how many multiplexers are daisy chained and shows the available number of channels in the user interface. 

Zimmer and Peacock - British Cardiovascular Society Hackathon

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to attend the BCS Hackathon in Manchester this week, where we brainstormed solutions to improving patient experience.

New Sensor Inspection System at ZP

ZP has installed a new sensor inspection technology in our factory. 

At ZP we are committed to continuous improvement and so we have installed a new sensor inspection station for visually inspecting sensors and ensuring they are within specification.

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MEMS and Sensors 2018 - Grenoble

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be presenting at MEMS and Sensors 2018.

Title: Sensors - From Red Hot Chillies to Patients.

Abstract: The future for sensors and biosensor is extremely hot, in this talk Zimmer and Peacock discuss a myriad of sensors and applications both possible and under development. From the measuring of caffeine in coffee, to the detection of sulfite in wine, to the hotness of chillies, to the ions in the blood of patients. ZP sees that the IoT is here and the next stage is chemical and biochemical sensors thought out our home and working lives. In this  talk we discuss what is possible, how to do it efficiently and how to avoid re-inventing the wheel.

Reproducibility of electrodes for R and D versus electrodes for final products

At Zimmer and Peacock we are pragmatic industrial electrochemists who see that R and D is just the first step on the route to market.

The biggest issue for academia and the R and D effort is the complaint of irreproducibility of electrodes.

ZP is unique in that we are the only manufacturer who characterises it's batches of electrodes. Read more on our website here. 

Recommendation on carbon screen printed electrodes

At Zimmer and Peacock we like to be fast on customer requests, we have had a request which was:

WE area ca. 15 mm2 

CE: area ca. 50 mm2 

RE: Ag/AgCl, area ca 9 mm2 

Separation between electrodes: ca 1.5 mm Overall size: 1 cm2

Modify the WE with an organic mediator

Required with a fast turn around

Zimmer and Peacock would recommend that we modify the A-AC-CAC-202-N; this recommendation is based partly on the specification, that we have stock and because the electrode scales very well with respect to cost if people wish to make a product from it.

It should be note that the CE is Ag/AgCl, this is an advantage as it allows the CE to be smaller because the Ag/AgCl redox couple on the CE will keep up with all the electrochemical reaction on WE without having to be large.

Glassy carbon electrodes versus screen printed carbon electrodes

At Zimmer and Peacock we use glassy carbon electrodes as part of the electrochemical assay development.

In the video we explain that it is not economical to go to market with an electrode that is glass carbon but at ZP we have turned our screen printed electrodes so that assays developed on our glassy carbon electrodes are tanslatable onto a low cost screen printed electrodes platform.

Our new catalogue is out

Zimmer and Peacock supports biosensors, medical diagnostics and electrochemistry through products and services.

We have summarized our extensive products list through our new catalogue.

Feel free to contact us for as hard copy or download here. 

Workflow for building a biosensor strip

Zimmer and Peacock has started planning our biosensor factory expansions for our clients growing needs, and in addition building these facilities from the ground up contracts for third parties.

In the adjacent figure we show a simplified workflow that takes place in these facilities from incoming to final quality assurance.

A biosensor production factory is essentially a facility in which to house this workflow; when one looks at the simplified number of steps it takes to make a biosensor strip them we can understand why biosensors which appear simple to make in the lab, become hard to produce at volume.

If you are contemplating automating biosensor production or building a facility then please contact Zimmer and Peacock.

Measuring sugar in Coca Cola using biosensors

At ZP we believe that sensors will be in every aspect of our work and home lives; our drive is to get biosensors into the hands of entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists so that they can develop new applications in new markets.

In this video we show a quick and easy way of checking/testing a glucose sensor using regular coca cola and coca cola zero.

Zimmer and Peacock are an innovative contract developer and manufacturers of standard biosensors and sensor specific to our clients needs. If you have any questions regarding ZP please don't hesitate to contact us.

Oxford University - Zimmer and Peacock

Zimmer and Peacock took the ChilliPot - Scoville Meter back to it's conception place today, the Compton Group at Oxford University.

We were able to demonstrate to the postdocs how we were able to take their scientific discoveries rapidly to market.

TESTING

The independent researchers tested two types of ZP sensors using three electrochemical techniques:

• Open circuit potentiometry (OCP) of the reference electrode vs an external Ag/AgCl reference electrode was recorded to check its stability in a solution with fixed Cl- concentration (0.1M).
• Cyclic voltammetry
• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.

The electrodes they tested were named P and G, which have the ZP part numbers A-AD-GG-110-N and A-AD-GG-101-N respectively. 

Open circuit potential (OCP)

Finally the scientist wanted to check the referencing potential of the screen printed reference electrode, the P and G Electrodes have the same reference electrode material so there was no difference in the OCP when the reference potential was measured against a lab Ag/AgCl electrode and the screen printed reference electrodes were in 0.1 M chloride solution.

Ten RE were tested and the results are in the table below.

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At ZP we love shipping products

Welcome to Jens the latest member of the every expanding ZP team.

Jens is here to make sure that our ever increasing list of ZP clients and customers are kept happy by ensuring order are tracked all the way through to delivery.

Zimmer and Peacock is the World's largest contract development and manufacturing biosensor and medical diagnostic development team.

Digital Diabetes Congress

Zimmer and Peacock are the world's leading Contract Continuous Glucose Sensing Development and Manufacturing Company. We are attendees of the many Diabetes Technology Society Meetings, so we were delighted to be attending the Diabetes Digital Congress on the 22-23 May 2018.

Sign conventions in electrochemistry

If you are reading this page you have probably stumbled across it because you are confused by the sign conventions in electrochemistry.  Firstly you are not alone, so many people who are trying to look at electrochemical data are slightly bewildered, including us electrochemists.

The reason for this confusion is because whether you are interested in: electronalaysis, biosensor, batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrolysis etc you have a different perspective on whether a current and voltage should be displayed with a positive or negative sign.

We had an enquiry recently based on this confusion and you can find out more on our website here. 

Bioinspired detection sensor based on functional nanostructures of S-proteins to target the folate receptors in breast cancer cells

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to be authors on a recent paper for the detection of cancer cells.

ABSTRACT

Development of biosensors requires a well-organized template to enhance the sensing specificity. Biolog-ical molecules that have the ability to self-assemble into ordered structures can be exploited to construct nanostructures and nanodevices. In this regard, bacterial surface layer proteins (SbpA) have been used as an underlying matrix to bind molecules on the nanometer scale. The present study provides evidence that a gold substrate functionalized with folate-modified SbpA can be used as a sensor for breast cancer cells with superior efficacy over traditional sensors. The developed sensor uses folate to recognize folate receptors, which are highly expressed on the cell membranes of some cancer cells, such as breast cancer cells. To examine the specificity of the developed sensor, folate was used as a binding partner for folate receptors on breast cancer cells (MCF-7), and liver cancer cells (HepG2) were used as the control because they lack folate receptors. The fabricated biosensor comprised a gold surface and are crystallized S-layer protein lattice functionalized with folate and addressed acoustically and electro-chemically. Acoustic studies performed using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring(QCM-D) showed the efficiency of the developed biosensor in distinguishing between MCF-7 and HepG2 cells. Despite the ability of QCM-D to recognize cells in situ and in real-time, this biosensor had a limited detection range (1 × 105cells/mL). To confirm the functionality of the developed platform, electrochemical measurements were performed and the obtained results were in agreement with the acoustic sensor and proving the efficiency of the designed sensing layer. The S-layer lattice-folate modified biosensor provides a promising strategy for designing efficient sensing platforms that can be used to diagnose early stage cancers with highly expressed folate receptors. 

ZP - Hepatic Oval Cell Detection

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to be co-authors on a recent publication Embedded Disposable Functionalized Electrochemical Biosensor with a 3D-Printed Flow Cell for Detection of Hepatic Oval Cells (HOCs).

Zimmer and Peacock are suppliers of biosensor and sensor technologies, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

If you are reading this page you have probably stumbled across it because you are confused by the sign conventions in electrochemistry.  Firstly you are not alone, so many people who are trying to look at electrochemical data are slightly bewildered, including us electrochemists.

The reason for this confusion is because whether you are interested in: electronalaysis, biosensor, batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrolysis etc you have a different perspective on whether a current and voltage should be displayed with a positive or negative sign. We had an enquiry recently based on this confusion.

We had a recent enquiry where two labs were working on the same programme but gave very different looking data, see Figure 1.0.0.

CONCLUSION

At Zimmer and Peacock we are electrochemists and we are sometimes confused by which convention is being used , our advice is if you are confused please feel free to send us an enquiry regarding the data you are trying to interpret by clicking the link below.

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How to design and manufacture a glucose strip?

Though Zimmer and Peacock design and manufacture sensors for ions, small molecules, proteins, enzymes, RNA, DNA, whole cells and microbes etc, we started a long time back designing and manufacturing glucose strips.

We recently had an enquriy with three questions:

QUESTION ONE - How to design a new Glucose Strip?

QUESTION TWO - How to optimize an enzyme solution formulation?

QUESTION THREE? - How to manufacture strips?

ZP - the friendly sensor and biosensor company

Zimmer and Peacock are committed to excellent science and excellent work, so we are delighted to meet like minded people on our travels around the world.

If you have an electrochemical sensor or biosensor idea, and you are looking for a company that is fundamentally interested in the technology and getting ideas to market then please don't hesitate to contact us.

Portuguese Electrochemistry Society

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to exhibit at the Portuguese Electrochemical Society.

We discussed our standard products and our williness to collaborate on biosensors and sensor related programs.

If you have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our commitment to getting research and ideas to market through a combination of standard products and services please don't hesitate to contact us.

International Society of Electrochemistry Vilnius

Zimmer and Peacock were delighted to exhibit at the 23rd ISE Meeting in Vilnius.

We discussed our standard products and our williness to collaborate on biosensors and sensor related programs.

If you have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our commitment to getting research and ideas to market through a combination of standard products and services please don't hesitate to contact us.

Die MessTechnik-Messe 2018

Zimmer and Peacock are exhibiting at the Sensor and Test 2018 on 26-28 June 2018 in Nuernberg.

Zimmer and Peacock are focused on the contract development and manufacture of biosensors, sensors and medical diagnostics, please join us there.

Zimmer and Peacock is a contract developer and manufacturer of electrochemical sensors and biosensors please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Strategic talks with 3Dit

This week ZP were in strategic talks with 3Dit regarding the technologies and capabilities of Zimmer and Peacock and 3Dit, with the intention to develop collaborative programs together.

Tour of ZP facility in Wolverhampton

In this quick video we discuss the new facility in Wolverhampton UK

Zimmer and Peacock is a contract developer and manufacturer of biosensors and medical diagnostics and the Wolverhampton facility runs alongside our facilities in Norway and the USA.

Cleaning gold electrodes for SAM

On our website ZP has put links to articles or notes we have generated with hints, tips and suggestions for cleaning gold electrodes and gold screen printed electrodes.

Click here to find out more. 

Zimmer and Peacock are a contract developer and manufacturer of screen printed electrodes if you have questions or woudl like to know more please don't hesitate to contact us.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Biosensors - São Paulo

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be speaking at SIMPECTT

The first SIMPECTT will take place at the Institute of Chemistry of USP (Campus of São Paulo), on September 13-14, 2018.

The objective will be to discuss the statistical tools needed in research and publications. The first day is an SPSS workshop and the second day will focus on the case of chemical sensors for the health area: what is needed to transform a successful laboratory sensor into a commercial product?

CHI versus AnaPot

At ZP we have products and services, but what's unusual is that we use the products within the company, so when you get a product from Zimmer and Peacock we are the biggest users and experts on the product as we use them day in day out.

We have a vast range of electrochemical equipment at ZP and so in a recent study we compared the AnaPot EIS versus a CHI instruments potentiostat.

iPhone apps for measuring the hotness of chillies

Zimmer and Peacock have developed an iPhone app to use alongside their chilli sensing technology for determining the hotness of chillies.

Visit our website to find out more. 

Graphene pH sensors on low cost substrate

In this video Zimmer and Peacock demonstrate a graphene flexible electrode system, in this example we have functionalized it for pH.

Zimmer and Peacock is a company focused on our clients and collaborators and getting them to market with the right technology.

Electrochemistry in Bolognia

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be exhibiting at the 69th Annual ISE Meeting to be held in Bologna, Italy, from 2-7 September 2018. The meeting will be hosted by the “Nuovo Polo Congressuale Bologna”.

Bologna, seat of the oldest university in the western world, has been for centuries the place where academic knowledge is generated and transmitted throughout generations. Now the town is the centre of a vibrant, innovation-driven, high-tech area. To mark the continuity between academic culture and technological progress, the scientific theme of the meeting is Electrochemistry from Knowledge to Innovation.

The scientific program of the 69th Annual Meeting will comprise symposia sponsored by all ISE Divisions, covering all the scientific interests of the ISE membership and of the electrochemical community at large. Fundamental aspects of analytical, molecular, physical and bioelectrochemistry will be discussed, as well as their applications to (nano)materials science, energy, environment and biomedicine.

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be exhibiting at  the 69th Annual ISE Meeting to be held in Bologna, Italy, from 2 to 7 September 2018. The meeting will be hosted by the “Nuovo Polo Congressuale Bologna”.

Bologna, seat of the oldest university in the western world, has been for centuries the place where academic knowledge is generated and transmitted throughout generations. Now the town is the centre of a vibrant, innovation-driven, high-tech area. To mark the continuity between academic culture and technological progress, the scientific theme of the meeting is Electrochemistry from Knowledge to Innovation.

The scientific program of the 69th Annual Meeting will comprise symposia sponsored by all ISE Divisions, covering all the scientific interests of the ISE membership and of the electrochemical community at large. Fundamental aspects of analytical, molecular, physical and bioelectrochemistry will be discussed, as well as their applications to (nano)materials science, energy, environment and biomedicine.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Zimmer and Peacock - ISE 23rd Topical Meeting in Vilnius

Zimmer and Peacock will be exhibiting at the 23rd Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, which will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 8 to 11 May 2018.

The meeting will provide a good opportunity to present research results, to visit the beautiful city of Vilnius, to access the fastest internet in Europe and to explore the marvellous country of Lithuania.

Lying at the crossroads of East and West, being the geographical centre of Europe, Vilnius is never more than three hours away from any European destination by air. Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is the home of the President, the Seimas (Parliament), the Government and the Supreme Court. Diplomatic missions, educational, cultural, financial, research, and healthcare institutions are based here. Electrochemical science has a long and storied tradition in Lithuania.

It is a key field of study at the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), which houses a large electrochemical research facility where numerous specialized techniques are taught and practised. Additionally, significant electrochemical tests and studies are conducted in the Faculty of Chemistry and the Centre for Life Sciences at Vilnius University.

Other universities, such as Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Kaunas University of Technology, also use electrochemical methods in a number of applications. In addition to hosting the Annual ISE meeting in Vilnius in 1986, the Lithuanian electrochemists have organized the ISE sponsored “Theodor Grotthuss Electrochemistry Conference” and the “Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2016”, dedicated to the 200th and 210th anniversaries of the first theory of electrolysis by Theodor Grotthuss, a world-famous scientist who spent most of his life in Lithuania. Special issues of “Electrochimica Acta” were entirely devoted to these successful conferences. 

ZP exhibiting at EleCNano

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be joining the members of the Electroanalytical Chemistry group of the Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour les Matériaux et l’Environnement (LCPME) of CNRS and the Université de Lorraine, and the sub-Division of Electrochemistry of the French Chemical Society at the 8th meeting of Electrochemistry in Nanoscience.

Zimmer and Peacock is the world's leading contract developer and manufacturer of biosensors and medical diagnostics, and so we are delighted to be meeting with colleagues at ElleCNano in Nancy France. 

If you have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock please don't hesitate to contact us.

BioMed Boston 2018

Thank you for meeting with Jim and I at the Boston BioMed 2018 Expo 2018.

At the expo we talked about Zimmer and Peacock's commitment to the contract development and manufacture of biosensors, medical diagnostics and wearable sensors.

If you have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock please don't hesitate to contact us.

Multiple Working Electrodes

Zimmer and Peacock have standard screen printed electrodes, and we are also able to perform contract development of screen printed electrodes specific to our customers' and clients' needs.

In the video we discuss that our standard screen printed electrodes can also be delivered in multiple electrode configuration.

Please visit our website to find out more and to contact us.

Mass produced graphene electrodes

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to announce the world's first screen printed graphene electrodes.

ZP is focused on making electrodes and sensors manufacturable and low cost to benefit our clients and collaborators, so we have developed a range of screen printed graphene electrodes and more importantly functionally tested them using electroanalytical techniques.

Please contact us to find out more.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Dangers of separating sensor development and electronics development

In the world of biosensors and medical diagnostics every company wants to develop the electronics themselves, but they are happy to outsource the development and manufacturing of the sensor/biosensor.

At Zimmer and Peacock we are contract developers of sensor, biosensors and medical diagnostics and so we are happy to support companies as a contract developer and a contract manufacturer, but we always advise a company if they are developing the electronics to buy a reference system from Zimmer and Peacock. This means that they can test the sensors independently of their electronics which helps these clients to later troubleshoot their electronics.

Biomarkers on the breath

Zimmer and Peacock are able to detect analytes and biomarkers on the breath.

In this video we talk though the one of the tools we use for simulating breath, which we need when developing sensors specific to compounds carried on the breath.

How hot is Tabasco Sauce?

You can stop wondering how hot Tabasco Sauce is, the ZP Chilli Technology Group have recently measured it, please visit our website to find out more.

ZP - Biosensor Group Expands

Zimmer and Peacock are developers and manufacturers of biosensors and medical diagnostics. We put a lot of emphasis on testing and so we have recently expanded our head count, specifically with Biosensor Test Technicians.

If you have a biosensor or medical diagnostic and are looking for a development or manufacturing partner please don't hesitate to contact us.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

Credit Card to Medical Diagnostics

Zimmer and Peacock won't develop technologies or capability unless we think they are scalable into low cost biosensors and medical diagnostics, in the video we show some pieces we are making where we have a hybrid betwen our sensors and a credit card. which utilises the advantages of both materials.

AEM highlight

AEM Biotech have highlighted Zimmer and Peacock on their website as a leading company. Please visit the AEM Biotech 2018 website here.

ZP on advisory panel for HSN

Zimmer and Peacock are delighted to be part of the advisory panel for HSN's Master in Micro and Nano Systems Technology.

ZP has been one of the biggest employers of graduates from HSN in recent years, and so we are delighted to contribute to the education of the next generation of scientists and engineers.

ZP talking at AIM 28 to 29 June 2018

Zimmer and Peacock is passionate about fundamental research becoming products so we are delighted to be invited to give a talk on Biology to Applications at the AIM Lisboa on 28-29 June 2018.

Electrochemistry at Nano-interfaces: Faraday Discussion

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers, suppliers and manufacturers of nanopore technologies. We are delighted to be attending the Electrochemistry at Nano-Interfaces: Faraday Discussion - Bath United Kingdom on 26-28 June.

Please feel free to meet us there or to contact us to discuss your Nanopore requirements.

Medical Wearables 2018 - Santa Clara

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers and manufacturers of wearable sensors and biosensors.

We are exhibiting at Medical Wearables 2018 in Santa Clara, please feel free to meet us there.

Zimmer and Peacock are contract developers, suppliers and manufacturers of nanopore technologies, and so we are delighted to be attending the Electrochemistry at Nano-Interfaces: Faraday Discussion - Bath United Kingdom 26 to 28 June.

Please feel free to meet us there or to contact us to discuss your Nanopore requirements.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

We are hiring

Zimmer and Peacock are a fast growing and innovative biosensor development and manufacturing business, please visit our website to see our vacancies.

Parallel Potentiostats

At Zimmer and Peacock we test electrodes, sensors, biosensors and medical diagnostics in a parallel. We do this because we are contract developers and manufacturers and need large amounts of high quality electrochemical data upon which we can make technical decisions and ultimately get our clients and collaborators to make.

This makes us unique as a reseller and distributor of potentiostats, as we are real users of the equipment we sell and recommend.

When you buy a Zahner, PalmSens, Whistonbrook or Admiral parallel or multiplex potentiostat from Zimmer and Peacock you are buying both the potentiostat but also the real world experience of Zimmer and Peacock on how to get good data from the instruments.

We sell parallel potentiostats based on your: application, your need and your budget. Contact Zimmer and Peacock today to discuss: Zahner, PalmSens, Whistonbrook or Admiral 

Not pretty but effective - parallel sensor testing

At ZP we are high volume sensor, biosensor and medical diagnostic contract manufacturers; we are also contract developers.

We always have a sense of urgency and so though we like to set up elegant experiments sometimes we need the data in a hurry so our clients can get to  market ASAP.

In this video we show a quick set up to test a high number of sensors in parallel.

ZP - microfluidics ChipShop

Zimmer and Peacock know that sensors, biosensors and medical diagnostics require great assays and great microfluidics, which is why we are delighted to expand our capabilities in microfluidics by representing the microfluidics ChipShop.

Zimmer and Peacock are steeped in microfluidics and so it you have any questions regarding medical diagnostics and microfluidics please don't hesitate to contact us.

Sensors - Electrical, chemical and mechanical properties

At Zimmer and Peacock we are always happy to give technical advice when choosing from our product range. We recently had an enquiry where the scientist was looking for chemically resistant screen printed electrodes. Find out our response on our website here. 

The parallel potentiostat and pumps used in the video are standard products all available from Zimmer and Peacock.

At Zimmer and Peacock we give our clients the right technology for their problem if you have any technical questions don't hesitate to contact us.

Welcome to this week's newsletter from Zimmer and Peacock. This newsletter is a mixture of news, stories and tech notes from Zimmer and Peacock. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter or have any questions regarding Zimmer and Peacock and our passion for biosensor technologies please don't hesitate to contact us.

ZP enters the solid state nanopore technology arena

At Zimmer and Peacock we see that nanopores offer a new paradigm in analysis for nanoparticles, to next generation sequencing, to PCR quantification, to protein sequencing. This is why we are delighted to supply and support Nanopore Solutions Technology for assisting with nanopore research and development.

The unique difference with the Nanopore and ZP solution is that we can partner with researchers and developers to take their discoveries to market.

Sensor reader customisation

At ZP we have a generic and highly customisable electrochemical sensor reader, which is ready to go into a customer's product.

We are able to customise the readers down to changing the colours.

Please visit our website to find out more about ZP and to contact us.

Full demo of the Chilli Hotness Sensor

At Zimmer and Peacock we are passionate about productising ideas. In this video we show how we have taken IP from the University of Oxford and made a product from it.

Contract solution development, manufacturing and bottling

At Zimmer and Peacock and Aliksir we perform contract development, manufacturing and bottling of solutions, reagents and buffers.

If you require standard solutions as part of your product offering or the solution is your product then please don't hesitate to contact Zimmer and Peacock.