The Column-09-20-2012

Book Review: Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography, 3rd Edition.

Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) has announced the creation of a new company Phenova, Inc. ; the culmination of the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.

Well, the vacation is over and I've certainly come back down to earth with a bump!

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that it has purchased the supercritical fluid chromatography company Aurora SFC Systems, Inc (Redwood, California, USA).

Unsustainable fishing and habitat destruction is increasing pressure on tropical marine eco-systems. Conservation of coral reef habitats has been prioritized at the expense of other habitats, but the importance of maintaining migration links between habitats has been explicitly recognized during the recent re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Understanding and identifying the numerous compounds that make-up a scent is essential to artificial flavour creation. When attempting to create a strawberry fragrance, sensory properties are of fundamental importance.

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) provides a number of advantages for analysts, including high separation efficiency, short analysis times, low waste generation and a diverse range of applications. Participants in this forum are Bill Ciccone, Microsolv; Martin Greiner, Agilent Technologies; and Mark Lies, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.

A comparison of polymer- and silica-based stationary phases used in hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) for saccharide analysis.