From 17?20 April 2012, representatives of the laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology sectors will meet at Analytica 2012 in Munich, Germany. In this 23rd year, visitors can expect a special highlight: For the first time ever, the international trade fair will feature three completely equipped laboratories with live demonstrations on each day of the fair.
Lorna Nisbet from the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, discusses a GC–MS. technique developed to detect anabolic-androgenic steroids in e-cigarettes seized from Scottish prisons.
Kinjal Bhatt and Ina Varfaj trace their pull toward analytical science to a saturated chromatography peak and the moment their first chiral peaks separated.
Emma Macturk from LECO Corporation explains which forensic applications benefit from GC×GC’s greater peak capacity, and when the additional separation power may only provide limited benefits.
Koji Yamaguchi of the International University of Health and Welfare (Narita, Japan) discusses a novel derivatized liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method plus propofol glucuronide (PRG) marker which improves forensic propofol detection.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with headspace solid-phase microextraction )HS-SPME) links cocoa variety to chocolate aroma and flavor profiles.