March 20, 2007 Dr Geoff Smith and Evgeny Polygalov have developed and patented a novel instrument for dielectric measurements on conductive materials that permits the removal of both the sample conductivity and electrode polarization (which would otherwise obscure the measurement of the dielectric properties of the sample). This platform technology has many diverse applications in various biomedical areas, where molecular dynamics and meso-scale information on complex fluids, colloids and soft solids is required (for example, the monitoring of tissue growth within scaffolds, blood cell coagulation (and therefore diagnosis), and colloid/emulsion stability). The first application for this technology is being developed for use in a cryomicroscope to monitor the freeze-drying process.