The interactive charting capabilities provide chemists with powerful new tools for analysing chromatography data more efficiently.
Chromatographers are generating more data than ever, as they adopt automation tools and faster methods to keep up with demands for increased productivity and for higher confidence in results. Managing all the data has become a major challenge because there is not enough time to scrutinize every chromatogram and result. Analysts need efficient ways to view the big picture, to spot significant items within the larger data set and to quickly analyse specific items that need closer examination.
A natural and effective solution is to present data graphically. Graphical representations allow large amounts of data to be presented in a compact format, facilitate comparison and make anomalies easy to detect. For example, the MiniPlots featured in the Chromeleon 7.1 chromatography data system (CDS) software presents a detailed miniature thumbnail image of each chromatogram in an injection sequence or query result. The user can scan dozens of chromatograms quickly and immediately spot any that differ in number of peaks, peak size or shape, background profile and so on.
Inside the Laboratory: The Gionfriddo Group at the University of Buffalo
March 28th 2024In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Emanuela Gionfriddo, PhD, an associate professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, discusses her group’s current research endeavors, including using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) to further understand the chemical relationship between environmental exposure and disease and elucidate micropollutants fate in the environment and biological systems.
Transferring Methods to Compact and Portable HPLC
February 14th 2024The current trend in laboratory equipment design is the miniaturization of laboratory instruments. Smaller-scale HPLC instruments offer benefits that cannot be matched by analytical-scale equipment, especially in the areas of portability, reduced fluid volumes, and reduced operating costs. Yet, the miniaturization of laboratory equipment has brought with it a unique set of challenges, including transferring methods to compact LC. Capillary LC expands the use of LC to applications not currently done using conventional LC in a wide array of application areas, including pharmaceutical, food and beverage, petrochemical, environmental, and oil and gas. Greg Ward, Axcend’s CEO wrote, “Customers want an HPLC system with a small footprint, low flow rates and green chemistry.” Join his podcast where he shares method transfer in these application areas.
Sustainable Green Solvents in Microextraction: A Review of Recent Advancements
March 27th 2024Conventional sample preparation can be time- and resource-consuming, and a green analytical methodology can be a game-changer for scientists, in addition to facilitating selective and sensitive separations.