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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
  • New Solutions for Surface Texture Analysis

    Monday, November 01, 2010
    Technical Article
    Barbara Foster
    Most microscopists are familiar with confocal microscopy from neuroscience or cell biology. However, very quietly and abruptly, confocal has jumped the fence into industry, becoming a major tool-of-... read more
  • Polymer Characterization Using Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy

    Monday, November 01, 2010
    Technical Article
    Kevin Kjoller Craig Prater Roshan Shetty
    Despite its widespread applications, infrared microspectroscopy has fundamental spatial resolution limits set by both the laws of optics and practical design constraints. read more
  • Breaking the Sample Preparation Bottleneck With a New Approach to Microwave Digestion

    Monday, November 01, 2010
    Technical Article
    Tim Michel
    Closed-vessel microwave digestion is widely recognized as the most effective technique for the digestion of samples for metals analysis by graphite furnace atomic absorption (GFAA), inductively ... read more
  • Characterizing Nanometer-Scale Materials Using a Low-Angle Backscattered Electron Detector

    Monday, November 01, 2010
    Technical Article
    Craig S. Schwandt
    Understanding the properties of new materials prior to fabrication can be challenging. Often, the structure of a material at very small scales is critical to its properties and performance. read more
  • Choosing Solvent Packaging to Increase Laboratory Efficiency and Quality While Reducing Waste ...

    Monday, November 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Jim Westra Qing Ping Han Paul McCoy Rosanne Isom Mark Hayward
    Laboratory scientists have a finite number of work hours to accomplish their required research. The annual cost of a scientist and laboratory space for this research in today’s modern, instrument ... read more
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