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Advances in Mass Spectrometry at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
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
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
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
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
Pittcon 2013®: Developments in Liquid Chromatography
Monday, May 13, 2013
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
Product Intelligence: Mass Spectrometers for Use in Clinical Diagnostics
Friday, April 27, 2012
T. Keith Brock
It is recommended that prospective purchasers of mass spectrometers for clinical diagnostics applications research key specifications in order to make an informed decision. This article points out ... read more
Product Intelligence: Benchtop Basics: Tips for Buying pH Meters and Balances
Friday, April 27, 2012
Caitlin Smith
Researchers rely on electrochemistry equipment such as pH meters and conductivity meters, and have a wealth of options available from which they can choose. The goal of this article is to introduce ... read more
Micro Raman at Pittcon^® 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Barbara Foster
Micro Raman was big news at Pittcon® 2012. While the hardware has stabilized, there were intriguing new developments in the science and its applications. read more
Pittcon® 2012: Laboratory Instrumentation and Equipment Product Showcase
Monday, May 07, 2012
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
Pittcon® 2012 was held March 11–15, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The following product showcase provides a brief outline of new and current laboratory equipment and... read more
Focus on Separation Science at Pittcon® 2012: Advances in Gas Chromatography
Monday, May 07, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
For gas chromatography (GC), the big news at Pittcon® 2012 was the absence of Agilent and PerkinElmer. This was a consequence of an overall downsizing caused by the “six-year effect” where the cycles ... read more
Pittcon® 2012 Roundup of Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Monday, May 07, 2012
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
Advances in Liquid Phase Separation at Pittcon® 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Eight years have passed since Waters introduced the ACQUITY UPLC®. This is a long life cycle for a groundbreaking instrument. read more
New Developments in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) at Pittcon® 2012: 20/20 Vision?
Monday, May 07, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Thirty years ago, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) was described optimistically as the mode of the future, unifying and replacing GC and HPLC for many applications. read more
The Determination of Toxic, Essential, and Nutritional Elements in Food Matrices Using an ICP-MS
Monday, May 09, 2011
Cynthia Bosnak Ewa Pruszkowski
The elemental and dynamic range of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) makes it ideally suited for the analysis of food materials. read more
Pittcon® 2011 Exposition: New Product Introductions in Optical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Monday, May 09, 2011
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
General Laboratory Equipment: Innovation Showcase
Monday, May 09, 2011
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
Each year, manufacturers and distributors flesh out many innovations for the laboratory, ranging from simple accessories to large, more complex instrumentation. read more
Focus on Columns and Consumables at Pittcon® 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Columns, chemicals, and consumables (CCCs) account for more than 30% of the chromatography market. read more
Separation Science Highlights From Pittcon® 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
At Pittcon® 2011, most new products appeared to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. read more
Advancing Food Safety Technology Into the 21st Century
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Mukta Shukla
Since the dawn of civilization, access to safe food and water has been vital for the survival and health of human and animal populations. read more
HPLC 2013: 40th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
Monday, March 03, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The prior 39 symposia in the HPLC series span 40 years and global locations in Asia, Europe, and North America, but this was the first in the Southern Hemisphere. read more