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  • Use of SEC–MALS–dRI–UV for Copolymer Characterization

    Tuesday, June 12, 2018
    Application Note
    Conventional techniques used to characterize polymers, such as NMR and size-exclusion chromatography/differential refractive index detection, are often labor intensive, complex to perform, and high in... read more

  • Ten Tips for Proper Pipetting

    Monday, November 07, 2016
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle
    Pipetting proficiency is one of the most critical elements to ensure accuracy and precision, particularly in the face of high personnel turnover, growing laboratory workloads and increasingly complex ... read more

  • Achieving Accuracy and Reproducibility With Electronic Pipettes

    Monday, November 07, 2016
    Application Note
    Nora Meneceur Beatrice Guieu-Presle
    Researchers are continuously seeking ways to improve efficiency while ensuring that their methods are reliable and their research is reproducible. read more

  • Wyatt’s International Light Scattering Colloquium Focuses on the Nano World

    Wednesday, January 27, 2016
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The 24th International Light Scattering Colloquium, which attracted about 70 scientists to the Biltmore Hotel on Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., November 3–4, focused on analytical ... read more

  • Preview of the 24th International Light Scattering Colloquium: An Interview With Philip Wyatt of ...

    Wednesday, September 30, 2015
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Light scattering is the most powerful tool for characterizing the size, shape, interactions and function of nanoparticles. read more

  • High-Throughput Tools for Optimizing Drug Nanosuspensions

    Thursday, February 19, 2015
    Application Note
    Dennis H. Leung Timothy Rhodes Annette Bak
    Inadequate absorption and bioavailability often make it difficult to deliver the drug to the target in vivo and pose significant challenges to the discovery and development of new drugs. A number of ... read more

  • Measuring Absolute Molar Mass Using UHPLC SEC-MALS

    Friday, June 13, 2014
    Application Note
    Sophia Kenrick Aym Berges
    The characterization of aggregates or fragments in a biomolecular sample for applications such as bioanalytical chemistry and clinical diagnostics has traditionally been carried out using size ... read more

  • Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets

    Friday, June 13, 2014
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle Doreen Rumery George Rodrigues
    Every day, air-displacement pipets are used to quantitatively dispense sample and reagent aliquots for reaction, routine analyses, and specialized tests. read more

  • Evolution of Wyatt Technology Corp.

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Over the last 56 years, Wyatt Technology Corp. (WTC), including the adaptation of innovations from its progenitor, Science Spectrum, has earned a reputation for developing and marketing instruments ... read more

  • Electronic Pipetting: The Call for Innovation

    Thursday, February 27, 2014
    Application Note
    Paula Heimler
    Take a close look around most laboratories and you will find an old, barely used fixture. No one knows who ordered it or who it belongs to. It is yellowed, dusty, and top heavy, with a small keyboard ... read more

  • The Story of MALS

    Saturday, October 05, 2013
    Technical Article
    Philip J. Wyatt
    The concept of measuring light scattered from a solution at each of a plurality of angles simultaneously began in late 1976 in a very unlikely application. At that time, scientists from Science ... read more

  • Impact of New Pipetting Techniques on Safety in the Laboratory

    Monday, September 02, 2013
    Application Note
    Bobby Chavli Annette Summers Mary Napier
    According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), on average, it takes between 18 and 36 months to develop and implement a new regulation, trailing the pace of science. As a ... read more

  • Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Microrheology: Taking Rheological Characterization to Extremes

    Thursday, August 29, 2013
    Application Note
    Steve Carrington
    Microrheology is a relatively new and developing analytical methodology of growing interest to those working at the forefront of rheological characterization. The term “microrheology” is used to ... 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
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