Welcome to BiMaTS - Birmingham Materials Testing Services

Our Work

At BiMaTS, we understand the critical role that biomaterials play in various industries, particularly in dentistry and healthcare. With our expertise and cutting-edge testing capabilities, we offer a wide range of services to assess the mechanical, physical, and biological properties of materials, enabling manufacturers to make informed decisions, either at the development stage or following commercialisation.

Our Services

Material characterization

  • Scanning electron microscopy

  • Energy dispersive spectroscopy

  • X-ray diffraction analysis

  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

    • Attenuated total reflectance

    • KBr

    • NIR transmission

    • Time resolved measurements

    • Spectral measurements

  • Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy (compositional mapping)

  • UV Vis Spectroscopy

  • Coloromitry

  • Refractometry (Liquids and Solids)

  • Mechanical properties testing

    • 3 Point Bend Test

    • 4 Point Bend Test

    • Biaxial Flexure

    • Tensile Test

  • Hardness Testing

  • Surface profilometry

  • Shrinkage Stress (Cantilever Beam method)

Radiometry

  • Spectral characterisation (laboratory grade spectrometers)

  • Photodiode power

  • Beam profilometry

Temperature and thermography

  • Thermocouple measurements

  • IR camera

  • Beam profilometry

Assessment of sealer properties – ISO 6876 (2012)

  • Solubility

  • Flow

  • Setting time

  • Film thickness

Clinical assessment of endodontic instruments and materials

Microbiology

  • Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)

  • Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)

  • Minimum Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC)

  • Minimum Biofilm Inhibition Concentration (MBIC)

  • Measurement of Biofilm Mass (using crystal violet stain)

  • Biofilm live/dead staining and quantification

  • Direct contact Test

All of the above on a range of relevant aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

Biofilms can be mono- and multispecies.

Would you like to talk?

For more information about any of our services, or if you have an inquiry, please get in touch.