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  • Automated Separation of Micro-Grains in a Mixed Solid Sample

    Wednesday, April 13, 2016
    Application Note
    Steven M. Barnett Toshinori Maebayashi Satoshi Takeshima
    Areas such as industrial failure analysis, geology, geochronology and others that use solid-phase extraction, require accurate measurement of specific micro-grains, which are small particles mixed ... read more

  • Pittcon 2013®: Developments in Liquid Chromatography

    Monday, May 13, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The first commercial liquid chromatograph was probably an amino acid analyzer. These ion exchange chromatographs were so specialized that they had almost no impact on chemical analysis outside of ... read more

  • Advances in Gas Chromatography Instrumentation at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The buzzwords for Pittcon® 2013 in gas chromatography instrumentation were “smaller,” “portable,” and “helium.” Despite the fact that some of the major vendors did not exhibit, others were on hand ... read more

  • What’s New in Optical Spectroscopy at Pittcon® 2013?

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Mark Fisher
    Soon after the first spectrophotometer was built, the challenge of improving it began. How could we make spectrophotometers better? Could we make them smaller, faster, or perhaps improve the ... read more

  • Advances in Mass Spectrometry at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Brian Musselman
    This has been a busy year for mass spectrometry companies and with the Triennial International Conference on Mass Spectrometry occurring last fall. This year at Pittcon®, several new high-end mass ... read more

  • Exhibition of Chromatography Columns at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The technology and market for liquid chromatography columns continue to mature, with applications-specific columns on the rise. The chromatography columns target specific assays in the clinical ... read more

  • Awarding Innovation: The Pittcon® 2013 Editors’ Awards

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Marian Nardozzi
    Pittcon® offers many different award ceremonies for outstanding scientific achievement to members of the scientific community; however, there is only one award for innovations in instrumentation. The... read more

  • Sample Prep for LC, GC, and SFC at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    At Pittcon® 2013, sample prep stood out as a major focus, perhaps because of the few advances in chromatography instrumentation. In addition, some sample preparation is spilling over into other ... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Guide to Micromanipulators

    Wednesday, November 14, 2012
    Technical Article
    Caitlin Smith
    As explained in this article, micromanipulators are used in a wide variety of applications in areas as varied as electrophysiology to reproductive biology. Purchasing considerations include type of ... read more

  • New Products at Pittcon® 2011

    Thursday, March 10, 2011
    Application Note
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    The following includes some of the latest advances in laboratory instrumentation debuting at Pittcon® 2011. read more

  • Automatable Processes and Future Directions in Dried Blood Spot Analysis

    Friday, October 01, 2010
    Technical Article
    Chester Bowen
    The application of dried blood spots (DBS) for the storage, shipment, and quantification of xenobiotics has been gaining popularity in recent years. The invention of this technology can be attributed ... read more

  • Microscopy is Moving On

    Friday, July 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Aubrey Lambert
    The basis for observations has not really changed in all the time that lenses have been used to magnify objects. read more
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