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Field-Flow Fractionation Supporting Consumer Safety Evaluation of Silver Nanoparticle Applications in Food Packaging Polymers
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Johannes Bott Soheyl Tadjiki
Throughout the chemical industry there is a growing movement toward macromolecular research. In particular, the ongoing race for nanotechnology development has resulted in a need for analytical ... read more
Putting the “More” in Morphology: Part 1
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Barbara Foster
Segmentation, the ability to define the unique features in a region of interest, has always been the greatest challenge in image analysis and quantitation. A new suite of tools, available from ... read more
Product Intelligence: Capillary Electrophoresis Systems for High-Resolution Separations
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Caitlin Smith
High-resolution separations benefit from the power of capillary electrophoresis, due to its high accuracy and negligible investment of researchers’ time. This article points out the variety of ... read more
Product Intelligence: Mercury Analyzers in the Laboratory
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The determination of mercury levels is vital in many industries, for example, in the chemical industry, i.e., mercury levels in effluents, and in the food and environmental industries. Available ... read more
Trends in Blood Gases Analysis—Portable Blood Gas Analyzers, POC Testing, and Venous Blood Gas Values
Monday, April 09, 2012
T. Keith Brock
Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis consists of three separate measurements— pH, pCO2, and pO2, but depending on the platform may also include calculated values for bicarbonate (HCO3), base excess (BE)... read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 47—Risky Calibration Practices
Monday, April 09, 2012
David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
In analytical chemistry, simple linear regression is often used to perform calibration or recovery activities. read more
Microscopy: Imaging Broader, Diving Deeper
Monday, April 09, 2012
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
An Open-Concept Lab Building Design: Ten Years Later
Monday, April 09, 2012
Tully Shelley Seth Meisler
In 1998, in response to their desire to incorporate a new paradigm for discovery and teaching by breaking down the barriers between the science disciplines, a Stanford University (CA) faculty ... read more
Infrared Thermal Cameras: Technology Overview and Buyers’ Guide
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
T. Keith Brock
Users in the market for infrared thermal cameras have a number of selection criteria prior to purchase. This article is a comprehensive guide to choosing an IR thermal camera. The author discusses ... read more
Product Intelligence: Choosing a Laboratory Balance: It’s All About Accuracy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Catherine Shaffer
It is critical that a laboratory balance is able to meet the needs of the laboratory in terms of accuracy and safety. Other important components include protection against corrosion, outside ... read more
Micro-ESR: Miniature Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Friday, April 01, 2011
Christopher J. White Colin T. Elliott James R. White
Recent years have seen a dramatic upsurge in the availability of miniaturized sensing technologies. read more
UHPLC’s Seven Year Itch: Quo Vadis?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
At Pittcon in 2004, Waters (Milford, MA) introduced the ACQUITY UPLC chromatograph with a 15,000-psi Pmax, and the rest of the LC world had to play an intense game of catch-up. read more
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for Determinations of Carbonate in Soils—What is Important?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Michael Tatzber Franz Mutsch Ernst Leitgeb Michael Englisch Axel Mentler Martin Gerzabek
The carbon pool in soils consists of both organic and inorganic carbon. read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 42—Pass-Fail Methods
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
David Coleman Lynn Vanatta
In the past articles, the discussions about methods have always dealt with procedures that estimate sample concentrations over a range of levels. read more
Effective UPLC Implementation
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Mark Dawson
As the science of HPLC has evolved over the years, we have witnessed many changes to HPLC chemistry and instrumentation. read more
Highlights From LabAutomation 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Automating the laboratory is driven by the desire to reduce costs and improve consistency in results by substituting mechanization for labor. read more
Climbing the Informatics Mountain—It’s Not a Bubble: Highlights From the 2011 Tri-Conference
Friday, April 08, 2011
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
With each year, Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s (CHI) Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference continues to expand. read more
Pittcon® 2011 Editors’ Awards: A Two-Way Tie for the Gold Award
Friday, April 01, 2011
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
Pittcon 2011 was held March 13–18, 2011 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. The exhibition displayed an assortment of laboratory products, including anything from small plastic ... read more
Elimination of Water Vapor Bands Under Low but Fluctuating Humidity During Acquisition of a Far-Infrared Spectrum
Monday, April 18, 2011
Yanqin Hu Yujing Chen Yanping Xu Hai-Shui Wang
Many different types of transitions appear in the far-infrared (FIR) region. read more
Spill Prevention: Engineering Decreased Risk of Uncontained Chemical Spills
Monday, June 13, 2011
Vincent W. Caruso Edward C. Brown John P. Kay Michael A. Mancini James A. Westra Philip Keyes
Safe solvent management and storage are significant concerns in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly when purification systems are run unattended and are supplied by large volumes of organic... read more