The use of in vivo SPME offers important advantages over conventional methods according to the authors, including simplified sample clean-up, fast stabilization of unstable analytes, elimination of enzymatic degradation after extraction and reduced ion suppression for mass spectrometry analyses.
A brief review of the physicochemical properties of core–shell particles and their chromatographic efficiencies compared with those of sub-2-µm fully porous particles
A discussion of new column packing materials - including sub-2-µm particles, superficially porous particles, and second-generation monoliths - and their impact on instrumentation and laboratory productivity
The fundamentals of size-exclusion chromatography, packing properties, and practical approaches for increasing resolution
Click the title above to open the LCGC North America April 2012 regular issue, Vol 30 No 4, in an interactive PDF format.
Click the title above to open the LCGC North America April 2012 Recent Developments in LC Column Technology, Vol 30 No s4, in an interactive PDF format.
From sample prep to low detection levels to automation, environmental analysis provides unique challenges for analytical chemists. Participants in this Technology Forum are Kory Kelly of Phenomenex (Torrance, California) and LCGC Editorial Advisory Board member Pat Sandra of the Research Institute of Chromatography (Kortrijk, Belgium).
Hichrom Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Partisil® and Partisphere® HPLC column consumable product line from Whatman, a division of GE Healthcare. Based in the UK, Hichrom are a leading European manufacturer and distributor of HPLC columns, consumables and media, with manufacturing facilities accredited to both ISO9001 (Quality) and ISO14001 (Environmental) standards.
Hichrom Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Partisil® and Partisphere® HPLC column consumable product line from Whatman, a division of GE Healthcare. Based in the UK, Hichrom are a leading European manufacturer and distributor of HPLC columns, consumables and media, with manufacturing facilities accredited to both ISO9001 (Quality) and ISO14001 (Environmental) standards.
Agilent (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop new tools to detect and analyse pathogens in food.
Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) has announced that they have opened a new facility in Wuxi, China that will provide localized packaging, analytical services and quality control to support the company?s research and customers in the region.
Waters (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) has announced that it has formed a partnership with the Irish National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to address the world?s most challenging diseases through training and research.
AB SCIEX (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) has opened a new Asia Pacific Application and Training Centre in Singapore?s biomedical hub at Biopolis.
Global Water Instrumentation (GWI) (Sacramento, California), a division of Xylem (White Plains, New York), has teamed up with the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (Auburn, Alabama), the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (Auburn, Alabama), and the Auburn University Department of Biosystems Engineering to study hydraulic, hydrologic, and water quality changes during the transition of forested land to a residential "low impact development" (LID) subdivision.
The consumption of beer is, for some, one of life?s great pleasures but it can leave behind a bitter aftertaste
A new method has been developed for the identification and classification of various tuberculosis (TB) causing and non-TB Mycobacterium species on the basis of their characteristic metabolite profiles.
Water EU - Determination of Soy Isoflavones in Foods and Dietary Supplements by UPLC
Spectrum Chemicals and Laboratory Products has announced that they have signed a distribution agreement with PerkinElmer.
Waters has won the 2012 Pittcon Editors? Gold Award for its Acquity UPC2 system. The award recognizes the best new product at the conference.
The Shimadzu OPTIC-4 multimode injector from Atas GL, Eindhoven, Netherlands, increases application range and detection limits of the Shimadzu GC and GCMS series.
The Agilent Quiet Cover MS is the newest addition to the Agilent Quiet Cover product line.
Biofuel production requires monitoring of feedstocks, fermentation processes, and finished products to assure yield and final quality of alternative fuels.
The Shimadzu OPTIC-4 multimode injector from Atas GL, Eindhoven, Netherlands, increases application range and detection limits of the Shimadzu GC and GCMS series.
Incognito asks how 'fit for purpose' are your system suitability tests?
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A new method has been developed for the identification and classification of various tuberculosis (TB) causing and non-TB Mycobacterium species on the basis of their characteristic metabolite profiles
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in western countries and is on the rise again.
The consumption of beer is, for some, one of life?s great pleasures but it can leave behind a bitter aftertaste.
A group of scientists in France have undertaken a study to examine the structure of proteins in human hair.
