We are delighted to have successfully completed the installation of an Edinburgh Instruments FIRL100 CO2/ FIR (THz) Laser system at Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).
The FIRL-100 laser will be used for the multi-frequency pulsed-field (up to 70 T) ESR spectroscopy of strongly-correlated magnets, including low-dimensional and frustrated spin systems, high-Tc superconductors and related compounds, multiferroics, etc. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is based on the detection of resonance absorption...
For the clinical industry, the transition from Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) to Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been gradual over the past two decades.
The ability to measure more elements per sample in less time has made it the technique of choice. With a large dynamic range and ultra-low detection limits, ICP-MS is able to meet the growing demands within the industry. Although, before samples can be analyzed, which can include whole blood, blood serum, blood plasma, urine and other biological material...
Analytik are pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors for the NeoSpectra range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors.
Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the NeoSpectra™ range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors. These are based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology developed by Si-Ware Systems (SWS), an independent fabless semiconductor company that is fostering silicon innovation...
Metrohm USA is proud to announce the release of the Mira M-3 handheld Raman spectrometer.
Based on method-driven software, the M-3 changes the landscape of handheld Raman, bringing the controls of a benchtop instrument to a handheld platform. The M-3 allows full adjustment of laser power, integration time, and data processing through customizable operating procedures. Unlike competitive handheld instruments that hide all control of data collection, the user is able to...
Analytik Jena Optimizes the Process for Ultra High throughput Screening
Analytik Jena has joined forces with Bruker Daltonics to accelerate lab processes: uHTS MALDI Sample Preparation in combination with label-free spectrometry guarantees reliable ultra high throughput screens in biopharmaceutical labs. Within the framework of their cooperation, the two companies have been able to build a bridge between matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and sample preparation....
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on the use of a cathodoluminescence detector to understand structure of geological specimens collected in South East Asia by the research team of Professor Robert Hall of Royal Holloway University of London.
Professor Robert Hall leads field based research into the geology of South East Asia and the western Pacific. Samples of sedimentary rocks are brought back to the UK where they are analysed by heavy and light mineral analyses as well as uranium-lead (U-Pb) zircon geochronology for provenance studies and pathway reconstruction....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports on how Yale-NUS College in Singapore is applying the Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer in the teaching program of undergraduate chemists.
The teaching laboratories at Yale-NUS College in Singapore have recently installed new research-grade instrumentation to allow students to gain hands-on experience and exposure to different methods of sample analysis. The new equipment is generally more advanced than standard teaching tools, offering undergraduates the opportunity to conduct their own independent research studies....
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have demonstrated a mechanism that exploits surface quenching processes to magnify the luminescence of core-shell lanthanide-doped nanocrystals, featured in Nano Letters, an ACS Publication.
This work, lead authored by Dr. Stefan Fischer conducting research under Prof. A. Paul Alivisatos, the Samsung Distinguished Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research at Berkeley, precisely tuned the shell thickness around upconversion and downconversion b-NaYF4; Yb, Er nanoparticles with undoped b-NaLuF4 shells to quantify, understand, and enhance the luminescence properties associated with optimizing surface quenching through spectral and...
Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has introduced Version 5 of its FluidScan® portable infrared oil analyzer technology.
FluidScan oil chemistry analysis enables users to determine when oil is no longer fit for use due to liquid contamination or other degradation. Lubrication abnormalities are a major cause of equipment downtime and failure. FluidScan Version 5 includes a variety of new features that improve performance and enhance user experience....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports on how a research group at the Johnson Matthey Technology Centre at Sonning Common is using their Spinsolve benchtop NMR spectrometer.
Dr Andrew York is a Senior Principal Scientist at the Johnson Matthey Technology Centre at Sonning Common, UK. His current role includes defining projects on catalysis and reaction engineering both internally and with external partners especially Cambridge University’s Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Department. Dr York's group purchased the Magritek Spinsolve benchtop NMR spectrometer to characterize materials of importance to the businesses in the...
How sensitive spectroscopy tools can help identify substances linked to honeybee population decline
Ocean Optics enables highly sensitive, trace-level Raman spectroscopy measurements with its RAM-SERS-SP Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy substrates. The company recently demonstrated the power of the substrates’ proprietary gold-silver nanosponge alloy with a real world example related to the honeybee die-off problem...
New research at the Guangdong Medical University suggests a laser-based approach could be the latest breakthrough in prostate cancer detection.
The proposed non-invasive blood test uses a combination of two techniques: surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and a new mathematical analysis technique called support vector machine (SVM). Together, these techniques produce an accuracy up to 98.1 percent; a far cry from the relative guesswork of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests...
Powerful microscopes help researchers understand innovative material structures at the atomic scale
The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) recently unveiled its new Micro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory (MNFL) and Imaging and Analysis Center (IAC) facilities, which are now home to a powerful suite of advanced analytical instrumentation from Thermo Fisher Scientific....
Rena Robinson, University of Pittsburgh, recipient of the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports on how the Chemistry Department of the University of Helsinki is using benchtop Spinsolve NMR spectrometers in their organic chemistry laboratory practical sessions.
Dr Leena Kaisalo heads up the Organic Chemistry student laboratory at the University of Helsinki. While the Laboratory’s research focuses on organic synthesis, Dr Kaisalo's role is to lead the teaching of bachelor and masters students in various analytical techniques including NMR....
Spectro Scientific noted five years of the company’s growth in the Chinese market with a celebratory event in Beijing.
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
The world's smallest, commercial high-resolution PTR-TOFMS instrument for VOC monitoring
IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, introduces a new compact high-resolution instrument. For the first time IONICON combines high-sensitivity with a high mass resolving power in a small and lightweight PTR-TOFMS...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the exciting “COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts” exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.
Amongst various analytical instruments, the ASD FieldSpec 4 system was used to characterise both inorganic and organic materials (pigments and binders) on a number of illuminated manuscripts. The “COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts” exhibition celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s 2016 bicentenary....
The Ocean Optics Diffuse Reflectance Probe (DR-Probe) measures 45° diffuse reflectance, enhancing UV-Vis and NIR spectroscopy results. This sampling tool removes localized variance in reflectance measurements. It is ideal for applications such as color analysis, material identification and quality monitoring of foods....
Magritek reports on how the Centre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry at Karel de Grote University College in Antwerp is using a Spinsolve benchtop NMR spectrometer in both teaching and research.
Dr Jeroen Geuens is a member of the Centre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry (CESC) based in Antwerp at the Karel de Grote University College. The Centre specialises in research and services related to chemical and production processes together with offering professional degree courses.....
PerkinElmer Highlights Innovative Mass Spectrometry and Liquid & Gas Chromatography Technologies for Food, Environmental and Industrial Customers at analytica China
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the launch of its new QSight™ Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS instrument at a press conference during analytica China, the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre....
Lambda Advanced Technology (LAT) will have an impressive line-up of analytical instrumentation on show on Stand B18 at the Lab Innovations show.
This will include the Lotix TOC analyser, the Prodigy7 ICP spectrometer and Hydra II Mercury analyser, as well as a Hitachi Fluorescence spectrophotometer and the U-2900 UV-Visible spectrophotometer. This rich array of instrumentation can address a wide range of analytical challenges....
The FIRL-100 laser will be used for the multi-frequency pulsed-field (up to 70 T) ESR spectroscopy of strongly-correlated magnets, including low-dimensional and frustrated spin systems, high-Tc superconductors and related compounds, multiferroics, etc. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is based on the detection of resonance absorption...
The ability to measure more elements per sample in less time has made it the technique of choice. With a large dynamic range and ultra-low detection limits, ICP-MS is able to meet the growing demands within the industry. Although, before samples can be analyzed, which can include whole blood, blood serum, blood plasma, urine and other biological material...
Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the NeoSpectra™ range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors. These are based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology developed by Si-Ware Systems (SWS), an independent fabless semiconductor company that is fostering silicon innovation...
Based on method-driven software, the M-3 changes the landscape of handheld Raman, bringing the controls of a benchtop instrument to a handheld platform. The M-3 allows full adjustment of laser power, integration time, and data processing through customizable operating procedures. Unlike competitive handheld instruments that hide all control of data collection, the user is able to...
Professor Robert Hall leads field based research into the geology of South East Asia and the western Pacific. Samples of sedimentary rocks are brought back to the UK where they are analysed by heavy and light mineral analyses as well as uranium-lead (U-Pb) zircon geochronology for provenance studies and pathway reconstruction....
The teaching laboratories at Yale-NUS College in Singapore have recently installed new research-grade instrumentation to allow students to gain hands-on experience and exposure to different methods of sample analysis. The new equipment is generally more advanced than standard teaching tools, offering undergraduates the opportunity to conduct their own independent research studies....
This work, lead authored by Dr. Stefan Fischer conducting research under Prof. A. Paul Alivisatos, the Samsung Distinguished Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research at Berkeley, precisely tuned the shell thickness around upconversion and downconversion b-NaYF4; Yb, Er nanoparticles with undoped b-NaLuF4 shells to quantify, understand, and enhance the luminescence properties associated with optimizing surface quenching through spectral and...
FluidScan oil chemistry analysis enables users to determine when oil is no longer fit for use due to liquid contamination or other degradation. Lubrication abnormalities are a major cause of equipment downtime and failure. FluidScan Version 5 includes a variety of new features that improve performance and enhance user experience....
Dr Andrew York is a Senior Principal Scientist at the Johnson Matthey Technology Centre at Sonning Common, UK. His current role includes defining projects on catalysis and reaction engineering both internally and with external partners especially Cambridge University’s Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Department. Dr York's group purchased the Magritek Spinsolve benchtop NMR spectrometer to characterize materials of importance to the businesses in the...
Ocean Optics enables highly sensitive, trace-level Raman spectroscopy measurements with its RAM-SERS-SP Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy substrates. The company recently demonstrated the power of the substrates’ proprietary gold-silver nanosponge alloy with a real world example related to the honeybee die-off problem...
The proposed non-invasive blood test uses a combination of two techniques: surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and a new mathematical analysis technique called support vector machine (SVM). Together, these techniques produce an accuracy up to 98.1 percent; a far cry from the relative guesswork of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests...
The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) recently unveiled its new Micro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory (MNFL) and Imaging and Analysis Center (IAC) facilities, which are now home to a powerful suite of advanced analytical instrumentation from Thermo Fisher Scientific....
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
Dr Leena Kaisalo heads up the Organic Chemistry student laboratory at the University of Helsinki. While the Laboratory’s research focuses on organic synthesis, Dr Kaisalo's role is to lead the teaching of bachelor and masters students in various analytical techniques including NMR....
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, introduces a new compact high-resolution instrument. For the first time IONICON combines high-sensitivity with a high mass resolving power in a small and lightweight PTR-TOFMS...
Amongst various analytical instruments, the ASD FieldSpec 4 system was used to characterise both inorganic and organic materials (pigments and binders) on a number of illuminated manuscripts. The “COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts” exhibition celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s 2016 bicentenary....
The Ocean Optics Diffuse Reflectance Probe (DR-Probe) measures 45° diffuse reflectance, enhancing UV-Vis and NIR spectroscopy results. This sampling tool removes localized variance in reflectance measurements. It is ideal for applications such as color analysis, material identification and quality monitoring of foods....
Dr Jeroen Geuens is a member of the Centre of Expertise on Sustainable Chemistry (CESC) based in Antwerp at the Karel de Grote University College. The Centre specialises in research and services related to chemical and production processes together with offering professional degree courses.....
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the launch of its new QSight™ Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS instrument at a press conference during analytica China, the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre....
This will include the Lotix TOC analyser, the Prodigy7 ICP spectrometer and Hydra II Mercury analyser, as well as a Hitachi Fluorescence spectrophotometer and the U-2900 UV-Visible spectrophotometer. This rich array of instrumentation can address a wide range of analytical challenges....