Pen-AI™

AI-Powered Surface Intelligence from 2D Images

Pen-AI™ transforms standard optical images into quantitative insights about surface texture, morphology, roughness, and material characteristics.

What is Pen-AI™?

Pen-AI™ is an AI-powered image analysis platform that converts standard optical images into quantitative surface and material information.

Using application-specific descriptors, Pen-AI analyzes texture, morphology, roughness-related features, connectivity, particle structure, and other visual characteristics that are difficult to evaluate consistently by eye.

The software supports rapid comparison of samples, production groups, surface conditions, and process changes, with results provided as numerical descriptors, graphs, overlays, and exportable data.

One Platform, Multiple Surface Analysis Applications

Pen-AI™ applies different descriptor sets and analysis methods depending on the material, imaging method, and target property.

Battery Materials
Reveal structural differences in electrodes and separators that can affect material consistency and transport behavior.

Copper Foil and Metallic Surfaces
Evaluate surface texture and roughness-related variation for supplier comparison, product development, and quality monitoring.

Material Identification and Comparison
Create quantitative fingerprints for pigments, powders, coatings, polymers, textiles, and other textured materials.

Potential materials include:

Pigments, dyes toner, etc.
Powders and particle-containing coatings
Polymers and textured plastics
Textiles, rubber, and leather-like materials
Films, coatings, and other manufactured surfaces

Why Pen-AI™?

Pen-AI helps manufacturers and researchers turn ordinary surface images into faster, more consistent, and more actionable material decisions.

Faster material evaluation
Gain useful surface insights from standard images without relying only on lengthy or specialized testing.
More objective comparisons
Replace visual judgment alone with quantitative data that can be compared across samples, suppliers, and production conditions.
Broad material compatibility
Apply the same platform across battery materials, metallic surfaces, coatings, powders, polymers, and other textured materials.
Support for quality and R&D
Use Pen-AI for screening, process development, supplier evaluation, consistency monitoring, and early detection of surface variation.
Designed for scalable inspection
Pen-AI can support laboratory analysis today and future integration with automated or in-line imaging systems.

Pen-AI™ in Action

Copper Foil Roughness
- Compare shiny and matte surfaces
- Identify roughness-related variation
- Support calibration against measured Ra and Rz values
Battery Electrode Structure
- Compare electrode types, surfaces, and processing conditions
- Evaluate morphology and transport-related structural differences
- Identify inconsistency that may be difficult to judge visually
Material Fingerprinting
- Distinguish materials using color, texture, particle, and spatial characteristics
- Compare known classes and evaluate unknown samples
- Support coatings, pigments, powders, polymers, and other textured surfaces

Explore What Pen-AI™ Can Reveal About Your Materials

Every material and manufacturing process presents different surface characteristics. Soelect works with customers and research partners to evaluate whether Pen-AI can support their specific application.

Share representative images, material information, and any available reference data with our team. We can assess image suitability, identify relevant surface features, and recommend an appropriate analysis approach.