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Time-of-Flight Terahertz Tomography
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Kodo Kawase Koji Suizu Takayuki Shibuya
Terahertz sensing and imaging technology has been investigated in various fields, including security,medicine, biochemical applications, and art.1–4 One of the most powerful tools for terahertz ... Read More
Improving FTIR Operation With a Contaminant Analysis Program
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
John Monti
Spectrum search (library search) is a procedure often used in contaminant analysis. It consists of using the search function included in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) software or specialized ... Read More
Effective Forensic Sample Tracking and Handling
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Tal Murthy Brian Hewson
With implications for the success of a legal case, forensic samples must be stored under optimal conditions to avoid DNA deterioration. Failure to maintain proper storage conditions can result in ... Read More
Benefits of an Integrated Laboratory (iLAB)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Robert Pavlis
An iLAB, or integrated laboratory, is a new type of laboratory informatics system—a total laboratory automation system. The value of an iLAB can best be appreciated by exploring four key problems with... Read More
Challenging Chromatographic Peak Integration
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Shaun Quinn
Integration is a fundamental task that all chromatographers perform on a daily basis. Due to faster chromatography, which is creating more data every day, the amount of time spent on integration is ... Read More
Identifying Trace Compounds in Complex Mixtures With MS Data-Processing Software
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Gareth M. Roberts
With the ultimate aim of protecting workers, consumers, and the environment, industry regulations are continually expanding with respect to monitoring the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by ... Read More
Enterprise Thinking: Driving Open Standards Adoption in the Laboratory
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Trish Meek Séamus Mac Conaonaigh
With the continued rise in the cost of drug research and development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research companies are rethinking the way they do business. Read More
Supporting Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validation With TOC and UV-VIS Spectrophotometric Analysis
Friday, October 01, 2010
Richard H. Clifford
Quality control and product safety are paramount in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. Therefore, it is essential that substances other than those approved for a product are not included with... Read More
A Novel Method for Measuring Zeta Potential of High-Concentration, Low-Volume Protein Samples
Friday, October 01, 2010
Fraser McNeil-Watson Michael Kaszuba
Understanding and controlling the characteristics of proteins in solution is fundamental to predicting their aggregation behavior and determining appropriate conditions for storage, crystallization, ... Read More
Applications of Vibrational Circular Dichroism for Determining Absolute Configuration in Early Drug Discovery
Friday, October 01, 2010
Feng Qiu Yingru Zhang Janet Caceres-Cortes Michael D. Reily
Chirality is an intrinsic property of living matter, and many biological molecules exhibit a preference for one enantiomer over another. As such, chirality has been introduced into more than half of ... Read More
Pittcon® 2011 Goes to the Peach State
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
The 62nd Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon® 2011) heads to the Peach State, so-called for the importance of peaches in Georgia’s agricultural ... Read More
Choosing Solvent Packaging to Increase Laboratory Efficiency and Quality While Reducing Waste Disposal Costs
Monday, November 01, 2010
Jim Westra Qing Ping Han Paul McCoy Rosanne Isom Mark Hayward
Laboratory scientists have a finite number of work hours to accomplish their required research. The annual cost of a scientist and laboratory space for this research in today’s modern, instrument ... Read More
A New-Generation Microwave Digestion System
Friday, January 28, 2011
Carl Chan
Since the laboratory microwave digestion system first became commercially available in the 1980s, sample preparation has become mainstream, and the preparation of samples for atomic spectroscopy has ... Read More
Characterization of Functionalized Polyolefins by High-Temperature Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography
Friday, January 28, 2011
Anton Ginzburg Tibor Macko Robert Brull
Functionalized polyolefins, such as copolymers of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), are a commercially important polymer commodity. Read More
Quality Verification of Incoming Liquid Raw Materials by FTIR Spectroscopy
Friday, January 28, 2011
Frank Higgins Alan Rein
The requirement to ensure the quality of incoming raw materials as well as finished products in the food, drug, and cosmetics industries is crucial, and FTIR spectroscopy is widely used for this ... Read More
Controlling Transformer Aging With Interfacial Instrumentation and Viscometers
Friday, January 28, 2011
Armin Hofmann
High-power transformers are some of the most important elements in the supply of energy. Read More
Determination of Mercury in Slag and Cement Using a Mercury Analyzer
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sang-Ho Nam Yu-Na Kim Jin-Su Na Keun-Hyeok Yang
Mercury is one of the most toxic elements in the environment. Humans are exposed to mercury through the inhalation of mercury vapor, ingestion of drinking water, and consumption of fish. Read More
Performance-Tested Controlled Atmosphere Glove Boxes
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Bob Applequist
Enhanced particulate containment is an important feature of Protector® Filtered Glove Boxes (Labconco Corp., Kansas City, MO). Read More
A High-Purity Water System for Pharmaceuticals Testing
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Nick Armstrong
When Velesco Pharmaceutical Services needed high-purity water for research laboratories at its new facility in Plymouth, MI, it chose a water treatment system that would provide affordable HPLC-grade ... Read More
An Advanced Base-Deactivated Capillary Column for Analysis of Volatile Amines, Ammonia, and Alcohols
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Jaap de Zeeuw Gary Stidsen Ron Stricek
To analyze basic compounds at nanogram levels using gas chromatography, a basic surface modification is often required to reduce the impact of the acidic fused silica. Read More