The Column-06-06-2016

The Column

Constantly Evolving

June 07, 2016

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Leon Blumberg has been at the cutting edge of chromatography since the late 1980s. The Column spoke with him about his contribution to the past, present, and future of chromatography.

Thermo Fisher Partner with University of Birmingham’s New Phenome Centre

June 06, 2016

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Thermo Fisher Scientific has extended a technology collaboration with the University of Birmingham in the UK. Thermo Fisher will supply a range of mass spectrometry instruments to be used at the University’s new Phenome Centre.

Waters Announces Additions to Leadership Team

June 06, 2016

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Waters Corporation has announced the addition of Richard Chang and Xiao Ran Yu to its Asia Pacific leadership team. Chang has been appointed as Vice President of Waters’ Asia Pacific Operations and Yu has been appointed as General Manager of Waters China.

Vol 12 No 10 The Column June 06, 2016 Europe and Asia PDF

June 06, 2016

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Click the title above to open The Column June 06, 2016 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 12, Number 10, in an interactive PDF format.

Vol 12 No 10 The Column June 06, 2016 North American PDF

June 06, 2016

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Click the title above to open The Column June 06, 2016 North American issue, Volume 12, Number 10, in an interactive PDF format.

Tips & Tricks GPC/SEC: Branching Analysis

May 19, 2016

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Branching is one of the parameters chemists can adjust to produce polymer materials with optimized physical properties. Chromatography and advanced detection can help to characterize branched molecules. This instalment of Tips & Tricks explains more.

Making Method Development Faster for the Analysis of Natural and Artificial Flavourings

May 19, 2016

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A simple, rapid, and robust ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of natural and artificial vanilla flavouring substances as well as some precursors has been developed using an automated method scouting or method optimization workflow. The most suitable mobile phase and stationary phase combination was identified in a scouting run. These conditions were used to create a two-dimensional model in computer simulation software. Temperature and gradient time were varied to establish the optimum fast and robust separation conditions. This approach resulted in a 5.5 min gradient method that allowed for fast screening of 11 compounds of interest.