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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

  • Decoding the Nanoworld: Pushing the Envelope in Atomic Force Microscopy

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Application Note
    Mario Viani Roger Proksch Jason Cleveland Monteith G. Heaton
    Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy/scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM) has emerged as the leading tool for investigations at the nanoscale—doing everything from imaging, to compositional ... read more

  • Focus on Microscopy: One Button and Two Heads—Mainstreaming AFM

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Technical Article
    Barbara Foster
    The past decade has seen dramatic growth in scanning probe microscopy (SPM) technology, both in functionality and in broader acceptance. Market research conducted in mid-2007 by The Microscopy and ... read more

  • Selecting Centrifuge Consumables

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Application Note
    Tammy Goodman
    Selecting a centrifuge and rotor can sometimes feel like the easy part when faced with choosing the consumables in which to centrifuge samples. There are many suppliers of centrifuge tubes to choose ... read more

  • A Weak Cation-Exchange, Reversed-Phase Mixed-Mode HPLC Column and its Applications

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Technical Article
    Xiaodong Liu Christopher Pohl
    Basic compounds are widely used in many areas, such as pharmaceutical development, biological research, consumer products, and in the chemical industry. Although reversed-phase (RP) liquid ... read more

  • Comparison of Methyl Benzoate and Ergosterol for the Quantification of Mold in Indoor Buildings and ...

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Technical Article
    Don-Roger Parkinson
    Over the last few years there have been many school and business closures related to mold and bacteria buildup, which have affected the health of the occupants. Mold growth has been potentially linked... read more

  • A Chromatography Detector for Multicomponent Analysis of Macromolecules and Polymers

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Application Note
    Jason Sanchez Paul Clarke Jean-Luc Brousseau
    The properties of long-chain molecules and polymers are tailored to meet the demands of a specific application in a range of different ways. In the production of “smart” materials and other high-... read more
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