June 2009
Volume 41, Number 7
This issue includes an article on high-throughput screening (HTS) methods that utilize electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. An application note in the issue demonstrates the benefits of purge and trap for VOC analysis, while another describes the ICP-MS analysis of elemental impurities.
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Teri Dattilio
Purge-and-trap (P&T) concentration along with GC analysis is a widely used method for the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This methodology was developed to achieve the high sensitivity...
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Heidi Fleischer, Dirk Gördes, Kerstin Thurow
In the past decades, high-throughput screening (HTS) applications have been established in many fields of drug development. Thus, suitable qualitative and quantitative analytical methods have become ...
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James A Laramée, H. Dupont Durst, J. Michael Nilles, Theresa R. Connell
It was previously reported that when Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART™) (JEOL USA, Inc., Peabody, MA) mass spectrometry was applied to the analysis of very pure alcohols, their mass spectra were ...
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Junichi Takahashi
Research into alternative energy sources is accelerating, with one of the most dynamic areas of interest being the development of devices to harness solar energy. Some industry experts, including the ...
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Enrique Arce-Medina
In an attempt to demystify artificial neural networks (ANNs) and to set the tone of this paper, it is best to start by saying that ANNs are mathematical functions of the form y = f(x, w), where y is ...
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Beng Guat Ooi, Lijie Zhao, Ngee-Sing Chong
Both infrared and Raman spectroscopic techniques are useful for probing the structure of complex molecules. However, they are typically not as sensitive as mass spectrometric techniques and hence have...
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