Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) is the analysis technique to understand the viscoelastic and other physical properties of polymers. In this technique, different parameters are applied such as oscillating frequency, temperature, time, stress, atmosphere, and others to estimate the viscoelastic characters of the material such as stiffness (storage and loss modulus), energy dissipation (damping), dynamic viscosity, glass transition temperature, etc. DMA has proven to be more useful compared to conventional thermo-mechanical analysis as it can characterize the sample polymer based on different parameters besides temperature. Dynamic mechanical analyzers have their applications spanning in different industries. Study of viscoelastic parameters are polymers user in pharmaceutical and biomedical industry are of great importance as the characteristics of these polymers can affect the clinical performance of drug delivery systems and medical devices.
Several polymeric materials are used in health care such as components in medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, fixation, and regeneration of tissues. These health care products are becoming more complex in design and composition to be more efficient and give better performance. These items undergo great stress and varied environments (temperature, strain) during their operations. It becomes important for researchers and product developers to characterize those materials in order to avoid failure. DMA applications in achieving these goals are expected to drive the usage of DMA in the near future. The varied applications of dynamic mechanical analyzer such as understanding product dimensional stabilities, impact properties, temperature performance, and adhesion over the conventional thermo-mechanical analyzers are expected to drive the market.
The Dynamic Mechanical Analyzers Market is expected to witness strong growth driven by technological advancements and industry players thriving to have an added advantage over competitors in their product features. Additionally, in order to comply with the stringent regulatory laws in product development and clinical trials for new health care products, industry players are focused on developing better quality products. This is expected to propel the global DMA market. However, high cost associated with dynamic mechanical analyzers and their limited access is expected to bolster the growth for dynamic mechanical analyzers market.
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Based on product type, the dynamic mechanical analyzers market has been segmented into forced resonance analyzers and free resonance analyzers. Owing to limitations of free resonance DMA in compatibility of the sample type and shape, their application are lesser when compared to forced resonance DMA. Most of the industry players are offering forced DMA. DMA applies stress and strain on a sample to analyze its characteristics. In terms of strain and stress application method, the dynamic mechanical analyzers market has been segmented into axial analyzers and torsional analyzers. Axial analyzers are more suitable for solid and high viscous samples, while fluids, polymer melts, and even solids can be analyzed with torsional analyzer.
Major end-users of dynamic mechanical analyzers are contract research organizations (CRO), pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical device manufacturers, and research institutes. Most of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and medical device manufacturers are posed to outsource the sample analyzing process to contract research organizations due to high cost of the equipment and its limited use. Hence, contract research organizations provide the sample analysis services to OEMs and other industry. The contract research organizations market is expected to hold prominent position in the dynamic mechanical analyzers market.
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