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  • The Story of MALS

    Saturday, October 05, 2013
    Technical Article
    Philip J. Wyatt
    The concept of measuring light scattered from a solution at each of a plurality of angles simultaneously began in late 1976 in a very unlikely application. At that time, scientists from Science ... read more

  • A Sensitive and Selective GC/MS Method for Analyzing Persistent Organic Pollutants Using a Novel ...

    Friday, October 04, 2013
    Application Note
    Jody Dunstan
    Charge transfer chemical ionization (CI) was among the ionization types studied decades ago by researchers investigating fundamental Characteristics of chemical ionization. However, the technique was ... read more

  • Focus on Separation Science at Pittcon® 2012: Advances in Gas Chromatography

    Monday, May 07, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    For gas chromatography (GC), the big news at Pittcon® 2012 was the absence of Agilent and PerkinElmer. This was a consequence of an overall downsizing caused by the “six-year effect” where the cycles ... read more

  • Innovations in Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensors

    Monday, March 05, 2012
    Application Note
    Robert Hengel Klaus Reithmayer
    This article discusses the limitations associated with conventional electrochemical oxygen sensors and introduces a new technology that provides a viable solution for fast, accurate, and reliable ... read more

  • Food Safety Testing and New Technologies

    Friday, February 03, 2012
    Application Note
    Mukta M. Shukla
    Just as Alexander Fleming’s groundbreaking discoveries on penicillin ushered in a new era of antibacterial agents to extend human lifespans, it was the work of Louis Pasteur that helped introduce the ... read more

  • Focus on Columns and Consumables at Pittcon® 2011

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Columns, chemicals, and consumables (CCCs) account for more than 30% of the chromatography market. read more

  • Effective UPLC Implementation

    Wednesday, April 06, 2011
    Technical Article
    Mark Dawson
    As the science of HPLC has evolved over the years, we have witnessed many changes to HPLC chemistry and instrumentation. read more

  • A New-Generation Microwave Digestion System

    Friday, January 28, 2011
    Application Note
    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

  • Fluorescence Microscopy: Solving Common Documentation Challenges

    Sunday, November 01, 2009
    Application Note
    Mark Clymer
    Fluorescence has proven to be a useful technique for identifying, tracking, and studying molecules of interest in biological specimens. In fact, fluorescence is among the fastest growing microscopy ... read more

  • Advances in Cryo-SEM: From Micrometers to Nanometers

    Sunday, November 01, 2009
    Application Note
    Jens Greiser
    Science is driving the demand for nanoscale resolution. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM), which combines the high-performance imaging of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with cryogenic ... read more

  • Addressing New Challenges in the Field of Growth Promoters in Biological Samples

    Sunday, November 01, 2009
    Technical Article
    Fabrice Monteau Jean-Philippe Antignac Gaud Pinel Paul Silcock Peter Hancock Bruno Le Bizec
    The safety of our food supply can no longer be taken for granted. As the world changes and populations continue to grow, so will the responsibility of organizations to meet the demand for safe ... read more
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