What Is New in Kinetics Neo

Release History

Version 3.7.1 (February 5, 2026)

build 3.7.26036.17

Fixed: In some cases of Diffusion Control one must explicit recalculate DiBenedetto fit in glass transition table.

Version 3.7.0 (February 3, 2026)

build 3.7.26034.16

New, Important: Analysis of few data points (sparse data): HPLC-GC (High performance liquid chromatography – gas chromatography), concentrations for stability, aging etc .

New, important: Automatic determination of chemical reaction typefor the single-step models

New: Import of measurements with the time units: seconds, minutes, hours, days, months

New: Presentation of experimental data as markers only, markers connected by lines or curve without markers

New: Two new examples for few data points:

New: AutoFill function for model-based optimization to easily set values and optimization range for the total effect (peak area, mass loss etc) of all experimental curves.

New: Selected temperature units (°C, °F or K) can be used in software: from data import and kinetic analysis to predictions, optimizations and export results. This functionality is implemented according to requests of our industrial customers working in Fahrenheits only.

Improved: The list of all possible download versions is now paged.

Version 3.6.0 (September 26, 2025)

build 3.6.25269.14

New, Important: For the single-step reactions in Model-Based analysis the measurement data are pre-analyzed and the optimal reaction type for these data is selected automatically according special algorithm.

Improved: Temperature X axis is not applicable in some cases. The error message in these cases is replaced to informtion that time on X axis is automatically selected.

Fixed: OIT project files don't show Isothermal or Dynamic Arrhenius model-free methods when the sample project has no data source files.

Fixed: Floating error during optimization of parameteres of diffusion control (if experimental DSC data have no information about diffusion control).

Fixed: Predition for absolute viscosity is calculated based on average tangents for all experimental data data curves (up to now it was only for the first data curve).

Fixed: In dark themes the series markers has white filling inside ppolygon markers. Now the marker filling is transparent.

Fixed: Show Chart Grid Lines checkboxes on the View Toolbar always show status OFF on start independent on their saved state.

Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 3.5.1 (June 24th, 2025)

build 3.5.25175.9

improved: map is shown when offline mode is used in Climatic Predictions.
Improved: icons for Kinetic project files are shown in File / Open panel.
Fixed: In some countries the error "incorrect format" occured when open a project.

Version 3.5.0 (June 4th, 2025)

build 3.5.25155.8

New in Functionality

New: Kinetic modelling for two-component reactions with different concentrations.
New: Sample with different concentrations of Epoxy/Amine: DSC_Epoxy+Amine_Concentrations is added.
New: Calculation of temperature steps from ideal optimized temperature profile in Optimizations.
New: Export of temperature steps from optimized results.
New: Fit for Conversion Rate. Important for integral signals like TGA, DIL, Rheometry, DEA.
New: New geographic map provider Azure Maps instead of obsolete and not available from 25.07.2025 Bing Maps.

New in Usability (based on customer feedback)

New: User-selected visibility of curves in Model-Based and Model-Free charts can be saved and restored.
New: Visibility of Isoconversional lines in Model-Free analysis can be changed and saved as "custom" and can be used for visibility of all model-free analysis methods.
New: Autofill values in Model-Based analysis Propeties panel. Two new buttons are added: Reset to Inits (fill with measured values), and Set (fill with constant value from text box).
New: Standard dialogs can now set to use color themes in Settings.
New: Possibility to select weather station directly on the map by clicking on weather station in Climatic prediction.
New: Possibility to open several data source (measurement) files in single action.
Improved: Highlighted dash series when selected in chart or legend keep their stroke-space proportions. Only thickness is increased. The strokes are now correctly shown in the Legend.

Other Improvements, Bux Fixing

Improved: Opening of KINX2 file created in newer versions of Kinetics Neo is now possible.
Improved: Chart title is now centered over the chart itself, not over chart + legend.
Improved: In chart legend the length of the lines is increased to correctly show different dashes.
Improved: Standard dialogs now use Windows 11 style with rounded edges.

Fixed: Value of project setting Show Import Dialog for Recognized Files was not correctly shown.
Fixed: Loading of old KINX files was not possible in some cases.
Other small improvements and bug fixes..

Version 3.0.1 (November 26th, 2024)

builD 3.0.24331.2

Fixed: ARC analysis for reaction type Fn was slightly incorrect in version 3.0. Final part of all reactions occasionally contains smoothing of the backward reaction of FnR reaction type. Now it is corrected and woks like it was previously.
Fixed: Text of the equation for reversing reactions FnR. Corrected text is (1-alpha)^nBack (according to the article of Vyazovkin). Calculations are correct and were not changed.
Fixed: Clicking on Help buttom in the main ribbon activates the old CHM help file. Now the online help is opened.
Other improvements and bug fixes.

Version 3.0 (November 8th, 2024)

builD 3.0.24313.1

Added: Intensity of UV light as Additional Parameter in kinetic analysis. New possibility to create common kinetic model depending on temperature and light intensity.
Added: Partial pressure of gaseous reactant as Additional Parameter in kinetic analysis. New possibility to create common kinetic model depending on temperature and partial pressure.
Added: Total pressure as Additional Parameter in kinetic analysis for reactions in inert gas. New possibility to create kinetic common model depending on temperature and pressure.
Added: Projects for arbitrary data types, which are non-standard in Kinetics Neo, like mass-spectrometry, concentrations, conversion, storage modulus, absorbance.
Added: Kinetics for curing reactions with diffusion control, measured by DEA or Rheology.
Added: Reaction type reversible reactions.
Added: New reaction type DFn for diffusion with reaction of n-th order.
Added: Kinetics for incomplete measured data, where final part of reaction is not present or can't be measured.
Added: User Interface (UI) is reworked for consistent native look in Windows 11.
Added: Dozens of new colorful themes for User Interface (UI) are added. Special dark themes are also introduced.
Other improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.7.3 (June 11, 2024)

BUild 2.7.24163.15

Important, Fixed: Microsoft warned that 2 external packages used in Kinetics Neo have at least one vulnerability with high severity. Components are updated.
Added: Pre-installed exampled for the calculation of Master Plot in model-free analysis, containing ideal simulated data for Reaction typesReaction type is the elementary mechanism of one individual reaction step in multi-step chemical reaction. Reaction type f(Cr, Cp) describes dependence of the reaction rate for individual reaction step on the concentrations of reactant Cr and product Cp for this step.reaction types F1, F2, Bna, An, Cmn, R3 and D1. New document "Master Plot Verification" for explaining of Master Plot for the simulated data of known reaction types is published in the section “Learn”.
Added: new button "My Feedback" on the ribbon Help. Now it is possible to write a feedback about Kinetics Neo software.
Fixed: Master Plot calculations. In several cases the wrong logarithm base was used.
Fixed: Help for curing with diffusion control (exponent was missing in two equations). However, the Kinetics Neo software itself is not changed because it uses correct formulas from the very beginning..
Fixed: Web links to sources of model-free methods Ozawa and Numerical are now adjusted in correspondence with the changing of the structure of scientific magazines. Now these links lead to the articles again.

Version 2.7.0 (January 29, 2024)

build 2.6.24029.11

Added: curing reactions with diffusion control to DEA project type. It is renamed to "DEA Curing" .
Added: curing reactions with diffusion control to project type Viscosity project type. It is renamed to "Viscosity Curing".
Added: Predictions of Time-Temperature-Transition diagram (TTT) with vitrification curve for project types "DEA Curing" and "Viscosity Curing".
Added: Calculation of glass transition temperature for predictions based on project types "DEA Curing" and "Viscosity Curing".
Added: default file names are now shown when exporting data into TXT files.
Corrected: in Help article about Vyazovkin analysis the equations are added.
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.6.8 (September 13, 2023)

build 2.6.23256.9

Improved: data export for Time-Temperature Transition diagram (TTT diagram).
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.6.7 (January 24, 2023)

build 2.6.23024.8

Improved: stability after some updates of hardware drivers and BIOS.
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.6.6 (November 16, 2022)

build 2.6.22320.7

Added: Steps in Multiple Step Prediction can be copied. Now it is much easier to add a new step in a middle of complex multi-step temperature program.
Improved: Better simulation at very high temperatures for multi-step consecutive reactions having low-temperature reaction steps.
Improved: by exporting data in model-free analysis additional columns for temperature and conversion are added.
Improved: concentration now may be also shown in relative values.
Fixed: Import text data files are now aware of different not consistent using of spaces and commas.
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.6.1 (March 02, 2022)

build 2.6.22061.2

The name of SBC reaction type in model-based analysis is corrected. Correct name is: SbC – Sbirrazzuoli Crystallization (Sestak-Berggren + Hoffman-Lauritzen).
Initial parameters for SB model are also adjusted to have better initial fit.
Other smaller improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.6.0 (February 16, 2022)

build 2.6.22047.1

Added: Two New Reaction Types for Crystallization in Model-Based Analysis, SB (Sestak-Berggren, chemical reaction with crystal building) and SBC (Sestak-Berggren Crystallization, polymer crystallization from the melt).
Added: DSC Deconvolution ("DSC Correction", "DSC Desmearing") for customers work with heavy crucibles (like high-pressure crucibles, medium pressure crucibles) or with high temperatures instruments with heavy system having long time constants.
Added: Source Data Files May Be Switched On (Enabled) or Off (Disabled).
Other smaller improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.5.5 (September 27, 2021)

build 2.5.21270.6

Added: Model Summary table values can be exported into the ASCII text file.
Added: Possibility to show / hide the visibility of the curves on the chart.
Added: Possibility to highlight the curves by using several effects directly on the chart area, not only in Legend.
Fixed: Error "Index was out of range" in Prediction and Optimization for OIT and OOT. The error occurs in versions 2.5.1-2.5.4 only.
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.5.3 (July 27, 2021)

build 2.5.21208.4

Fixed: the incorrect Internet address of our license server.

Version 2.5.2 (July 23, 2021)

build 2.5.21204.3

New: two baselines Right Tangential and Tangential for the viscosity data.
New: fire temperature preset "Presets_Fire_slow_heat_EN1363-2.txt".
New: additional export of isoconversional lines for ASTM E698, E2890, E1641, Friedman, OFW, KAS in Export Data.
New: Model Based chart now contain subtitle. Title is a model type and the Subtitle is user-defined model description.
New: SplashScreen is added. It is visible from the application start until the main window is shown.
Improved: labels in Data Export of Crystallization According to NakamuraCrystallization according to Nakamura is the crystal growth model for non-isothermal crystallization kinetics during cooling.Nakamura model: (a) brackets in equation T-(Tg-30) and (b) units for nucleation parameter KG. All calculations previously and now are made correctly and remain unchanged.
Fixed: Data Export for model free methods DynamicArrhenius and IsothermalArrhenius.
Fixed: Data Export for predictions with Y-axis "Sum of Peaks".
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2.5.0 (February 24, 2021)

Build 2.5.21055.1

New: Kinetics Neo is pure 64-bit software now and uses advantages of 64-bit version of Windows.
New: Y-axis mode Sum of Peaks: presents the total curve as the sum of individual reaction peaks.
New: Prediction Adiabatic 24 (TD24): Find the start temperature for adiabatic process with maximal heating rate in 24 hours.
New: Predictions based on external temperature profile. This is a text file which contains your temperature program.
New: Prediction of material behavior under pre-defined Fire Conditions. This method uses standard file presets loaded into external temperature profile prediction.
New: Model-free method: Vyazovkin.
New: Analysis of rheology data.
New: Prediction of viscosity.
New: Online Web Services, displays your subscriptions, possibility to be informed about and downloads new software versions.
Improved: The calculationof the first and the last points for Friedman Method and for Numeric method.
Improved: Two digits after comma are shown for the heating rate in dialog Predictions-Multiple Step.
Kinetics Neo project file has a new structure and has file extension KINX2. The KINX files can also be opened.
Fixed: Y-Axis Title is changed for KAS and ASTM E2890 from "LOG" to "LN". Calculations were correct and stay unchanged.
Fixed: import from project of Thermokinetics 3.1 where measured files have Japanees names.
Fixed: In the climatic predictions data the Oslo is located in the correct country.
Other small improvements and bug fixes.

What is new records for previous releases of the Kinetics Neo can be found in Release History Archive.