Jasco Celebrates 50th Anniversary
In 2008 Jasco (Easton, Maryland) celebrates its 50th anniversary as an analytical instrumentation company.
In 2008 Jasco (Easton, Maryland) celebrates its 50th anniversary as an analytical instrumentation company. The company was founded in 1958 by researchers at the Institute of Optics at what is now Tsukuba University (Tsukuba, Japan). The researchers were in need of an IR spectrophotometer, and a commercially available instrument did not exist in Japan. As a result, they developed their own instrument. Other research groups asked them to reproduce the instrument for use within their laboratories, and Jasco was founded. Jasco is now located in more than 57 countries and manufactures instruments for chromatography and spectroscopy, including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC), and UV-vis, IR, Raman, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy.
Determining Volatile Impurities and Ethanol Content in Hand Sanitizers with GC–MS
September 10th 2024Researchers analyzed 31 different brands of hand sanitizers using headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) to assess volatile impurities and ethanol content in ethanol-based hand sanitizers.
Modern HPLC Strategies: Improving Retention and Peak Shape for Basic Analytes
August 16th 2024In high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), it is common for bases and unreacted ionized silanols on silica-based columns to cause irreproducible retention, broad peaks, and peak tailing when working with basic analytes. David S. Bell, Lead Consultant at ASKkPrime LLC offers innovative HPLC strategies that can help mitigate such issues.
