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Focus Sharpens on Miniature Optical Spectrometers at Pittcon®
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Application Note
Matt Wilkinson
Optical spectroscopy often seems to be somewhat overlooked at Pittcon®, with much of the attention focusing on hyphenated technologies such as GC/MS or ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (... 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
Microscopy + Spectroscopy: Pittcon® 2013 Celebrates the Power of Two
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Technical Article
Barbara Foster
The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon^®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more
Pittcon® 2012 Roundup of Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Monday, May 07, 2012
Technical Article
Jeffrey M. Perkel
This past March, some 15,754 people from 90 countries descended on Orlando, Florida, for the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon®). read more
Increased IEF Throughput Using a Dual-Electrode Assembly
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Application Note
Gary B. Smejkal Darren J. Bauer
An isoelectric focusing (IEF) apparatus capable of operating at 12,000 V maximum voltage enables isoelectric focusing of proteins in immobilized pH gradients (IPGs) to be completed in less than 3 hr. read more
Pittcon® 2011 Exposition: New Product Introductions in Optical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Monday, May 09, 2011
Technical Article
George M. Frame II Eileen M. Skelly Frame
Of the 979 exhibitors at Pittcon® 2011, held March 13–18 in Atlanta, GA, 115 were first-time exhibitors, and more than 200 identified themselves as having something to do with spectroscopy, from ... read more
A High-Precision Calibration Method for Spectrometers
Friday, April 08, 2011
Application Note
Edith Perret Tobias E. Balmer
Spectrometer calibration accuracy is of critical importance for many optical characterization techniques such as Raman spectroscopy and interferometry. read more
High-Purity Water and pH
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Technical Article
Estelle Riché Aude Carrié Nicolas Andin Stéphane Mabic
pH influences the rate of many chemical and enzymatic reactions. read more
Multicapillary Columns for Chromatography
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Technical Article
Yuri P. Belov Marina M. Ulyanova Vladimir N. Sidelnikov
The principles and theory of high-speed capillary chromatography have been known since the 1960s. To realize the maximum speed capabilities, it is necessary to use capillaries with a diameter of ... read more
Rapid Testing of Toxic Chemicals
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Application Note
Nathalie Boucher Lucie Lorrain Marie-Eve Rouette Elisabeth Perron Nancy Déziel Louis Tessier François Bellemare
The measurement of chlorophyll fluorescent signals from photosynthetic enzyme complexes (PEC) has becomeone of the most powerful indicators for ecophysiologists. read more
Miniaturized FTIR for Maximized Productivity
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Application Note
Ken Fredeen John S. Seelenbinder Mark L. Norman
In today’s fast-paced business environment, many companies are under pressure to improve their productivity. This is especially true in the pharmaceutical industry, where reducing time-to-market ... read more
LC-MS With Simultaneous Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Technical Article
Wayne P. Duncan Patrick D. Perkins
Today, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (LC-ESI-MS) is increasingly being used as the technique of choice for high-throughput pharmaceutical analysis. read more