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Monoliths have received renewed attention in the past few years. Will they - or chip-based columns - ever compete with particle-based columns? In a short video interview, Dick Henry weighs in.

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Using proper procedures for capillary GC column storage and conditioning can have a major impact on column lifetime and the quality of results obtained. This "Tips and Tricks" instalment covers everything you wanted to know but were never told about proper GC column maintenance.

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There are a few modifications which can be easily made, to both the HPLC system and column, which will achieve the desired goal of reduced analysis time. This article will provide some tips and tricks as well as detailing the theory behind the chromatography

A new approach for the analysis of water in solid pharmaceutical products using headspace gas chromatography (HSGC) with an ionic liquid (IL)-based open tubular capillary GC column has been proposed by scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington (Texas, USA). Published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, the study states that the sensitivity of the method is 100 times that of the commonly used volumetric Karl Fischer Titration (KFT) (1).

Incognito was met with initial disappointment after attending the Pittcon technical sessions, but was rescued from his gloom by the range of poster presentations on show that stimulated discussion and gave him some new insights (and new hope!) into developments in the field.

Gearing Up For Riva

The 38th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography (ISCC) and 11th GCXGC Symposium will be held at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Riva del Garda, Italy, from 18–23 May 2014.

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The Analytical Division Separation Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded the Knox medal to Peter Schoenmakers of the Van?t Hoff Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

LCGC recently spoke with the 2014 LCGC Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Fred E. Regnier, the John H. Law Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, about his early work, his numerous patents and start-up companies, as well as his vast accomplishments in separation science and his role as a teacher.

In this new short interview, Deirdre Cabooter of KU Leuven in Belgium, discusses the advantages of using UHPLC in method development and tips to follow when transferring methods from UHPLC to HPLC instrumentation.

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LCGC spoke to Giorgia Purcaro of the Department of Food Science at the University of Udine, Italy, and Chiara Cordero of the Department of Drug Science and Technology at the University of Turin, Italy, about the sensory evaluation of olive oil and the benefits of a comprehensive approach.