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  • Sample Processing at Pittcon® 2014

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The tenfold increase in speed for the analytics (GC, HPLC, and SFC [supercritical fluid chromatography], all with MS) over the last decade has shifted the choke point in many workflows from analytics ... read more

  • How Solid-Phase Extraction Affects Challenges in Bioanalysis

    Wednesday, February 05, 2014
    Application Note
    Mike Oliver Tim Liddicoat Ken Meadows
    Modern bioanalytical laboratories are tasked with providing high-quality analytical results from complex biological samples in a high-throughput environment. These needs have to be balanced with the ... read more

  • Product Intelligence: Solid Phase Extraction Systems

    Monday, February 25, 2013
    Technical Article
    Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications... read more

  • Laboratory Automation: 2013–2017

    Friday, November 23, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Laboratory automation is changing the work flow in biochemical and chemical laboratories. read more

  • Optimizing HPLC Sample Preparation

    Monday, February 06, 2012
    Technical Article
    Caitlin Smith
    Sample preparation is an important component for analysis in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC). This article outlines commonly used ... read more

  • Analysis of Piperine in Peppers Using On-Line SFE-UHPLC With Photodiode Array Detection

    Tuesday, February 01, 2011
    Application Note
    Takayuki Yamaguchi Kazutoshi Kamezawa Keijin Iwaya Yasuyo Sato Toshihiko Miyaji Masao Bounoshita David J. Tognarelli Muneo Saito
    Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) is a separation technique that utilizes columns packed with microparticles (<2 µm in diameter), as provided by the xtreme liquid chromatography (x-lc™) system (jasco corp., tokyo, japan) µm="" in="" diameter),="" as="" provided="" by="" the="" xtreme="" liquid="" chromatography="" (x-lc™)="" system="" (jasco="" corp.,="" tokyo,="">... read more

  • Determination of Mercury in Slag and Cement Using a Mercury Analyzer

    Friday, January 28, 2011
    Application Note
    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

  • Improved Capabilities of Noncell-Based Permeability Assays

    Monday, April 10, 2006
    Application Note
    Greg Kazan
    Assays that predict passive absorption of orally administered drugs have become increasingly important in the early drug discovery process. read more

  • Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 21—Recovery Curves and Internal Standards (Concluded)

    Saturday, April 01, 2006
    Technical Article
    David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
    The previous two installments have discussed the issue of nonideal recovery, a problem that occurs in many analytical methods. read more

  • Three-Dimensional Elemental Imaging Using a Confocal X-Ray Fluorescence Microscope

    Saturday, April 01, 2006
    Technical Article
    Brian M. Patterson George J. Havrilla
    Micro X-ray fluorescence (MXRF) is a powerful elemental technique that can nondestructively provide both single-point spectra and full spectral elemental maps. read more

  • Dielectrophoretic Force Microscopy

    Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    Application Note
    Al M. Hilton Brian P. Lynch Garth J. Simpson
    Dielectrophoresis (DEP), the force exerted on a polarizable particle in a nonuniform electric field, has been used with great success in recent years to manipulate and separate cells and biomolecules. read more
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