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Advantages of In-House Generation of Nitrogen for HPLC With Evaporative Light Scattering Detection
Friday, January 01, 2010
Peter Froehlich Corky Belobraydich
Evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) is a universal detection technique for HPLC that provides a number of distinct advantages over other commonly employed detection methods such as UV-VIS ... read more
Pressurized Capillary Electrochromatography: Instrumentation, Columns, and Applications
Monday, February 01, 2010
Yi Wu Yuhong Wang Zhenzhen Zhao Kongxian Wu Yan Wang Chao Yan
Capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is a miniaturized, hybrid separation technique that combines micro-high-performance liquid chromatography (µHPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE). The driving ... read more
Determination of Trace Elements in Rice Products Using Flame and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Monday, March 01, 2010
Hazel Dickson
Rice is the second most prevalent cereal crop in the world, with an annual global production of approximately 600 million tons. It is the staple food of most Asian countries, with a daily consumption ... read more
Taking Advantage of the Electronics Evolution in the Laboratory
Monday, March 01, 2010
Trish Meek Dennis Curran
The strategic and business importance of laboratory data has evolved tremendously over the past 25 years. Since the introduction of laboratory information management systems, laboratory staff has ... read more
Hyphenation: The Next Step in Thermal Analysis
Friday, January 01, 2010
Kevin P. Menard Richard Spragg Greg Johnson Craig Sellman
Thermal analysis, like most mature technologies, sees mostly incremental increases in its capabilities, such as the introduction of modulated temperature techniques in the early 1990s or the ... read more
Thermosets: How to Avoid Incomplete Curing
Friday, January 01, 2010
Steve Sauerbrunn Rudolf Riesen
Oligomers and monomers that react and polymerize to form a rigid network with elevated temperatures are called thermosets. Thermosetting oligomers have been used for several decades to produce ... read more
Accurate and Reliable Analysis of Beer Using Time-of-Flight Technology for Gas Chromatography
Friday, April 02, 2010
Nick Bukowski
Alcoholic beverages such as beer are derived from natural plant products and contain many hundreds of organic components. The taste and aroma of different beers give a particular brand its subjective ... read more
A High-Resolution Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Platform for Breakthrough Discoveries in Life Science Research and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Alistair Wallace
In recent years, the combination of liquid chromatography and high-resolution exact mass tandem mass spectrometry has been widely adopted for a variety of research applications such as drug ... read more
Structural, Compositional, and Topographical Characterization of Polystyrene Films Using High-Resolution Dielectric Spectroscopy
Friday, April 02, 2010
Terry C. Chilcott Hans G.L. Coster Jeffrey L. Ellis
Thin polymeric films and surfaces provide novel electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, and/or biocompatible features at the nanoscale level in the development of adhesives, protective coatings, ... read more
Determining the Geologic Provenance of Tiny Obsidian Flakes in Archaeology Using Nondestructive EDXRF
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Richard E. Hughes
The beginning of the 1960s witnessed the widespread introduction of physical sciences methods and techniques in archaeology. Along with instrumental neutron activation, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) ... read more
Advances in Porous Layer Open Tubular Columns
Friday, April 02, 2010
Jaap de Zeeuw Bill Bromps Tom Vezza Rick Morehead Gary Stidsen
Porous layer open tubular (PLOT) columns have been very beneficial for solving application problems, especially for the analysis of volatile compounds. The columns’ high selectivity of adsorbents ... read more
Simultaneous Determination of Hormone Residues in Aquatic Products by UPLC-ESI-MS-MS
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Ying Jiang Xu Xiu Hui Tian Xiu Zhen Zhang Xiang Hong Gong Shi Juan Zhang Hui Hui Liu Li Min Zhang
Hormones, such as androgens (AS), estrogens (ES), and progestogens (PS), play an important role in organisms. AS, the main male sex steroids,which are the critical factors responsible for the ... read more
Automatable Processes and Future Directions in Dried Blood Spot Analysis
Friday, October 01, 2010
Chester Bowen
The application of dried blood spots (DBS) for the storage, shipment, and quantification of xenobiotics has been gaining popularity in recent years. The invention of this technology can be attributed ... read more
Use of a Virtual Instrument to Measure the Mass Concentration of Nitrogen Dioxide
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Olga Kyselova Grazina Smolianskiene Danute Adamoniene Danguole Kaziukoniene Aleksej Romanov
Scientists and engineers around the world use computer software for research, design, and production. Analytical equipment manufacturers are developing the latest tools that make possible proper use ... read more
Strategy for Improving HPLC Retention Time Prediction Accuracy Using Chromatography Simulation Software
Friday, October 01, 2010
Alexey Makarov Zhi Chen Fred Chan Rekha Bhashyam Rosario LoBrutto Raju Vegesna
The introduction of Quality by Design, a systematic approach to product and process design and development, has shifted the paradigm in HPLC methods development from a retrospective approach to a ... read more
Characterization of the Daguerreotype Using the Surface Metrology Instrumental Technique of Confocal Scanning Disk Microscopy
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Patrick Ravines
Surfaces, the two-dimensional outer boundary between the three-dimensional object and its environment,have many attributes and are perceived as the complex interplay of three factors: surrounding ... read more
Determination of Nitrobenzene in Water Using Ionic Liquid-Based Liquid-Phase Microextraction Coupled With HPLC
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Dongmei Cha Bin Ma
Nitrobenzene is widely used as an intermediary in the chemical industry. The release of nitrobenzene into the environment is of great concern because of its toxicity, persistence, and accumulation ... read more
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Steven R. Aubuchon
Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile. However, most consumer products are subject to a... read more
New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Arnold Breisblatt
One of the worst-case scenarios for a pharmaceutical laboratory is to have a government inspector close down the facility because it cannot provide regulatory compliance documentation, much less ... read more
A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Tien T. Dao Allan X. Ye Gary Hutchison Kaj Hedman
Routine viscosity measurements of materials are important in most industrial processes such as mixing and pumping, spraying and coating, extrusion, laydown, and leveling. Typically, a rotational ... read more

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Advantages of In-House Generation of Nitrogen for HPLC With Evaporative Light Scattering Detection

Pressurized Capillary Electrochromatography: Instrumentation, Columns, and Applications

Determination of Trace Elements in Rice Products Using Flame and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Taking Advantage of the Electronics Evolution in the Laboratory

Hyphenation: The Next Step in Thermal Analysis

Thermosets: How to Avoid Incomplete Curing

Accurate and Reliable Analysis of Beer Using Time-of-Flight Technology for Gas Chromatography

A High-Resolution Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Platform for Breakthrough Discoveries in Life Science Research and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Structural, Compositional, and Topographical Characterization of Polystyrene Films Using High-Resolution Dielectric Spectroscopy

Determining the Geologic Provenance of Tiny Obsidian Flakes in Archaeology Using Nondestructive EDXRF

Advances in Porous Layer Open Tubular Columns

Simultaneous Determination of Hormone Residues in Aquatic Products by UPLC-ESI-MS-MS

Automatable Processes and Future Directions in Dried Blood Spot Analysis

Use of a Virtual Instrument to Measure the Mass Concentration of Nitrogen Dioxide

Strategy for Improving HPLC Retention Time Prediction Accuracy Using Chromatography Simulation Software

Characterization of the Daguerreotype Using the Surface Metrology Instrumental Technique of Confocal Scanning Disk Microscopy

Determination of Nitrobenzene in Water Using Ionic Liquid-Based Liquid-Phase Microextraction Coupled With HPLC

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity

New Developments in Weighing Technology That Meet the Needs of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Compliance Protocols

A High-Performance, Fully Self-Contained, Rotational Viscometer

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