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Depth Profiling Trimethylaluminum-Modified PET Fibers by Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Application Note
Curtis Marcott Michael Lo Eoghan Dillon Halil I. Akyildiz Jesse S. Jur
The development of flexible electronic devices for use as biosensors, optics or photovoltaic applications is a promising research area. Many common, inexpensive polymers can be processed in large ... read more
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: Stereomicroscope Technology
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Technical Article
Katriona Scoffin
Stereomicroscopes find application in many areas of science, such as pharmaceutical, environmental, forensics, and foods. A common use of the stereomicroscope is to magnify biological samples. This ... 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
Product Intelligence: Buyers' Guide to Biological Confocal Microscopes
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Technical Article
T. Keith Brock
Confocal microscopes offer the user a number of important advantages, including high resolution, ability to electronically adjust magnification, and improved signal-to-noise ratios. In addition, the ... read more
Microscopy: Imaging Broader, Diving Deeper
Monday, April 09, 2012
Technical Article
Barbara Foster
In previous articles and editorials, the life sciences have been defined as the “next big growth area” in microscopy, spectroscopy, and related imaging techniques. 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
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 25—Calibration Summary
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Technical Article
David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
In a modern chemical-analysis laboratory, virtually all of the testing equipment must be calibrated periodically. read more
Centrifuge Safety and Security
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Application Note
Tammy Goodman
For laboratories around the world, increasing health and safety legislation requires that equipment be operated and maintained so that every step is taken to maximize safety and security. read more
Reagent-Free Ion Chromatography Systems With Eluent Regeneration: RFIC-ER Systems
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Application Note
Yan Liu Zhongqing Lu Chris Pohl John Madden Navette Shirakawa
Since the introduction of ion chromatography (IC) in 1975, Dionex Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) has continued to improve the performance of IC systems while developing new capabilities for the determination ... read more
The Nanoliter Syringes
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Technical Article
Andrew D. Sauter
Following an informal collaboration with Affymax (Palo Alto, CA), Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA), and Chem-Space Associates (Pittsburgh, PA), studying electrospray ionization 1 (ESI), the ... read more