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Determination of Total Mercury Content in Wood Materials—Part 3: Miniaturization Using ICP-MS
Monday, August 04, 2014
Heidi Fleischer Kerstin Thurow Ellen Vorberg
High-throughput screening processes have become an essential tool in the pharmaceutical industry and clinical laboratory. High-throughput screening, or HTS, is used in drug discovery as well as in ... Read More
Determination of Total Mercury Content and Trace Metal Analysis in Wood Materials—Part 1: ICP-OES Using Mercury Cold Vapor
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Heidi Fleischer Kerstin Thurow
The transition metal mercury has many exciting properties; for example, it is the only known metal that is liquid at room temperature, hence its use in thermometers. Other common applications are in ... Read More
High-Resolution Separation of Nucleic Acid Fragments
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Carola Schade
The invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the early 1980s revolutionized molecular biology and molecular medicine. Since then, PCR has developed into a widely used technique for ... Read More
A Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Fluorescence System for Antibody–Antigen Interactions
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Shou-Kuan Tsai Ming-Jhy Hseu Varoujan D. Amirkhanian
Since its inception more than 20 years ago, slab gel-based electrophoresis technology has been used routinely for the analysis of biomolecules (i.e., DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates). However, use of... Read More
In Situ Electrochemical SPM for Energy and Corrosion Studies
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Shijie Wu
Renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind have been gaining momentum due to a growing awareness of climate change and limited resources (e.g., fossil oils) as well as greater support from ... Read More
Optimizing the Western Blotting Procedure: Solutions for Faster Western Blots
Monday, July 30, 2012
Catherine Shaffer
Advances in technology make the Western blotting procedure both faster and quantitative. Solutions for faster Western blots include faster transfer equipment and faster reagents. Purchasing a ... Read More
Person-Portable GC-MS for Rapid On-Site Environmental Screening of Contaminants in Drinking Water
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Tiffany C. Wirth Jakob B. Later Joseph L. Oliphant Edgar D. Lee Douglas W. Later
Trihalomethanes (THMs) are formed when chlorine and other disinfectants are used to clean drinking water. At certain concentrations they are considered an environmental pollutant and are carcinogenic.... Read More
Use of a Pen-Shaped Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Cartridge for Cost-Effective DNA Fragment Analysis
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Varouj Amirkhanian Eric Tsai
Most laboratories currently utilize slab-gel electrophoresis systems for DNA and protein analysis. However, both polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and agarose slab-gel electrophoresis ... Read More
Chromatographic Characterization of a Highly Retentive Stationary Phase
Friday, April 08, 2011
Dafydd Milton
When developing a new method, one of the most important goals for the chromatographer is to achieve a consistent, reproducible separation. Read More
Small-Scale Vane Rheometry
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
David Moonay
Vane rheometry continues to become more well-known and popular. Read More
Improved Sample Preparation Productivity With Selective Extraction Using Accelerated Solvent Extraction
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Jennifer H. Peterson Bruce E. Richter David E. Knowles
During any extract ion process, interferences can also be extracted along with desired analytes. Read More
Achieving Rapid, Accurate, and Reliable Nitrogen Determination in Soils Using Dynamic Flash Combustion
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Liliana Krotz Guido Giazzi
Nitrogen is a necessary part of all living cells, proteins, enzymes, and metabolic processes involved in the synthesis and transfer of energy. Read More
Increased IEF Throughput Using a Dual-Electrode Assembly
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
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
A Novel Sample Preparation Method for the Determination of Chloride in Bitumen Samples
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Reynhardt Klopper
Accurate salt content determination in petrochemical products such as crude oil and bitumen is of utmost importance to petrochemical companies. The presence of salt (present as sodium chloride) ... Read More
A Moisture Absorbing Polymer for Solvent Extraction Applications
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Chris Pohl Kannan Srinivasan Rahmat Ullah Pranathi Perati
The moisture absorbing polymer consumable described in this article is designed to remove moisture from wet samples inline during extraction as well as from the post-extraction solvent extract. Read More
Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Polymer Composites
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Kevin Kjoller Curtis Marcott Michael Lo Qichi Hu Eoghan Dillon Craig B. Prater
The field of polymer composites is a rapidly developing area of study in materials science. The addition of a variety of new component materials, such as carbon fibers, clay, carbon nanotubes, ... Read More
Interview With Richard Peters, President of NuAire, Inc.
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Maria Stone
Max D. Peters started the company back in 1971. He was an avionics engineer at Honeywell and he worked on satellites, aircraft, and other projects involving HEPA [high efficiency particle air] ... Read More
Quality Control: An Important Success Factor in Nucleic Acid-Based Analysis
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Carola Schade
Quality control (QC) is becoming increasingly important in nucleic acid-based testing. As detection technologies become more and more sensitive, final results are influenced not only by biological ... Read More
Particle Characterization: Challenges Associated With Submicrometer-Sized Objects
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Craig S. Schwandt
Materials in the form of particulate or engineered objects are relatively easy to characterize in terms of their composition, shape, size, and size distribution, provided they are larger than 1 µm in... Read More
Measurement and Prediction of Fluid Viscosity at High Shear Rates
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Tien T. Dao Jeshwanth K. Rameshwaram
Polymeric materials, in a general sense, are viscoelastic in nature since they exhibit a strong dependence of deformation and flow on time and temperature. Performance of these materials can only be ... Read More

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Determination of Total Mercury Content in Wood Materials—Part 3: Miniaturization Using ICP-MS

Determination of Total Mercury Content and Trace Metal Analysis in Wood Materials—Part 1: ICP-OES Using Mercury Cold Vapor

High-Resolution Separation of Nucleic Acid Fragments

A Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Fluorescence System for Antibody–Antigen Interactions

In Situ Electrochemical SPM for Energy and Corrosion Studies

Optimizing the Western Blotting Procedure: Solutions for Faster Western Blots

Person-Portable GC-MS for Rapid On-Site Environmental Screening of Contaminants in Drinking Water

Use of a Pen-Shaped Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Cartridge for Cost-Effective DNA Fragment Analysis

Chromatographic Characterization of a Highly Retentive Stationary Phase

Small-Scale Vane Rheometry

Improved Sample Preparation Productivity With Selective Extraction Using Accelerated Solvent Extraction

Achieving Rapid, Accurate, and Reliable Nitrogen Determination in Soils Using Dynamic Flash Combustion

Increased IEF Throughput Using a Dual-Electrode Assembly

A Novel Sample Preparation Method for the Determination of Chloride in Bitumen Samples

A Moisture Absorbing Polymer for Solvent Extraction Applications

Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Polymer Composites

Interview With Richard Peters, President of NuAire, Inc.

Quality Control: An Important Success Factor in Nucleic Acid-Based Analysis

Particle Characterization: Challenges Associated With Submicrometer-Sized Objects

Measurement and Prediction of Fluid Viscosity at High Shear Rates

Product Guide

Micromachined HPLC Columns Can Revolutionize Proteomics Workflows

Buyer's Guide: GC-MS for Monitoring Environmental Pollutants

Refocusing the Lens of Cancer Screening

Study: NGS Should Be Go-to Technology on Day Zero of the Next Pandemic

Overcoming Common Challenges in Sample Viability for Single-Cell Research