Qiantang deepens the sharing of instruments and equipment between schools and enterprises, making scientific research instruments in universities' busy '

How to accurately observe the surface morphology of powder materials with a diameter of less than 200 nm, or even less than 100 nm? This requires a high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscope. Recently, at the Analysis and Testing Center of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education at Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou Xingrong Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xingrong Technology") successfully completed the observation and analysis of the surface morphology of a new product using the laboratory's field emission scanning electron microscope. The test results also pointed out the direction for subsequent product development.

Founded in 2021, Xingrong Technology is a high-tech company specializing in the research, development, production, and sales of MLCC (Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors) passive components and ceramic materials. MLCC, also known as multi-layer ceramic capacitors, is the most widely used basic electronic component and is known as' industrial rice ', "added Dr. Xu Haibo, founder of Xingrong Technology. The company's main products will be widely used as raw materials in electronic components.

At present, the high-end materials of MLCC ceramics are basically monopolized by Japan and South Korea, and domestic MLCC electronic component manufacturers can only rely on imports. Dr. Xu Haibo, after more than a decade of continuous research at home and abroad, broke through the technical difficulties in 2016 and decided to return to China to establish Xingrong Technology, in order to promote the domestic substitution of this material and solve the bottleneck problem of high-end MLCC in China. However, despite mastering high-end material development technology, the lack of matching high-precision scientific research and testing instruments remains a pain point for small and medium-sized enterprise research and development.

In November 2021, Xingrong Technology successfully "teamed up" with the Analysis and Testing Center of the Key Laboratory of Zhejiang University of Technology and the Ministry of Education, and obtained the testing and usage rights for all high-end equipment in the center. This is beneficial for us to conduct more professional and specific research on ceramic capacitor materials, and can provide effective professional analysis and testing reports, "Dr. Xu Haibo said happily.

Nowadays, Xingrong Technology has become a frequent visitor to Zhejiang University of Technology. Our R&D engineers come once a week to ensure that there are no abnormalities in our product development and production process, "Dr. Xu Haibo told reporters. The company's internal testing equipment, due to its resolution not meeting the requirements for observing ultra-fine materials, can only be handed over to an external third-party testing platform. The testing cycle is about 7 days, and now it only takes three hours to obtain the testing data, which can save nearly 80000 yuan in costs every year.

Instrument sharing has kept Zhejiang University of Technology's large-scale scientific research instruments busy. As of now, the school has provided large-scale instrument sharing services to more than 300 research groups, research institutes, and enterprises both inside and outside the school, with a total service machine time of 870000 hours and nearly 100000 test samples, "said the teacher in charge of the Analysis and Testing Center of the Key Laboratory of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology.

The "two-way rush" between Xingrong Technology and Zhejiang University of Technology cannot be separated from the "Qiantang School Integration" industry university research integration digital platform's "matchmaking". In recent years, Qiantang has focused on the problem of the lack of high-precision scientific research instruments in the research and development process of some small and medium-sized enterprises. It has innovatively built the "Qiantang School Integration" industry university research integration digital platform, which gathers instrument and equipment resources from universities and colleges in the province, providing enterprises with "instrument query demand submission intelligent matching service docking appointment use" services, allowing enterprises to find and use more advanced and high-end scientific research instruments, and better engage in innovation.

As of now, the platform has collected more than 1500 sets of large-scale scientific research instruments and equipment from 15 universities and colleges inside and outside the region, covering 9 categories including analytical instruments, physical performance testing instruments, measuring instruments, electronic measuring instruments, etc. The total value of the equipment exceeds 430 million yuan.

In the future, we will be committed to keeping more research instruments busy in Qiantang, continuously reducing the research costs of enterprises, empowering their development, and driving the improvement of the overall industrial level, "said the person in charge of the Qiantang Science City Management Office.