Archive for September, 2011

New Associate Editor for the Americas: Professor Evan Williams

Professor Evan WilliamsWe are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Evan Williams of the University of California, Berkeley as our second Associate Editor for the Americas.

Professor Williams received his B.S. from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from Cornell University; he has held positions at Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, been a Visiting Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and received numerous awards.  His current group at Berkeley develops and applies novel instrumental and computational techniques in mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry, separations, and laser spectroscopy to solve problems of fundamental interest in chemistry and biochemistry.

We’d like to welcome Evan and his expertise to the Analyst Editorial Board as Associate Editor alongside Professor Steve Soper – together, we look forward to further meeting the needs of our authors.

So, if you’re an author in the Americas, why not submit your paper?

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Top ten most accessed articles in August

This month sees the following articles in Analyst that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Under-three minute PCR: Probing the limits of fast amplification
 E. K. Wheeler, C. A. Hara, J. Frank, J. Deotte, S. B. Hall, W. Benett, C. Spadaccini and N. R. Beer
 Analyst, 2011, 136, 3707-3712 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15365J  

Colorimetric detection of Cd2+ using gold nanoparticles cofunctionalized with 6-mercaptonicotinic acid and l-Cysteine
 Ying Xue, Hong Zhao, Zhijiao Wu, Xiangjun Li, Yujian He and Zhuobin Yuan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3725-3730 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15238F

A gold nanorod based colorimetric probe for the rapid and selective detection of Cu2+ ions 
Jing-Min Liu, He-Fang Wang and Xiu-Ping Yan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3904-3910 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15460E  

Specifically colorimetric recognition of calcium, strontium, and barium ions using 2-mercaptosuccinic acid-functionalized gold nanoparticles and its use in reliable detection of calcium ion in water
Jia Zhang, Yong Wang, Xiaowen Xu and Xiurong Yang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3865-3868 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15175D  

One-step assay for detecting influenza virus using dynamic light scattering and gold nanoparticles
Jeremy D. Driskell, Cheryl A. Jones, S. Mark Tompkins and Ralph A. Tripp 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3083-3090 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15303J  

Biologically modified hydrogels for chemical and biochemical analysis 
Sean P. Bird and Lane A. Baker 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3410-3418 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00871K  

Gold nanoparticle-based homogeneous fluorescent aptasensor for multiplex detection 
Yeon Seok Kim and Jongsoo Jurng 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3720-3724 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15261K  

Graphene electrochemistry: an overview of potential applications 
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2768-2778 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00590H  

A DNA hybridization detection based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between dye-doped core-shell silica nanoparticles and gold nanoparticles 
Feng Gao, Peng Cui, Xiaoxiao Chen, Qingqing Ye, Maoguo Li and Lun Wang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3973-3980 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15287D  

Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis 
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

Fancy submitting an article to Analyst? Then why not submit to us today  or alternatively email us  your suggestions.

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Inside Raman – UK Seminar

If you are interested in the diverse applications of Raman spectorscopy, ‘inside Raman’ is an event being held by Renishaw on Monday 26th  and Tuesday 27th September, at the Natural History Museum in London.

Fitting with the fantastic venue, the Monday sessions will focus on conservation and life sciences, with a great list of speakers including Robin Clark, from University College London and Howell Edwards, University of Bradford.

The speakers on Tuesday focus more on the chemistry, materials science, and physics aspects of Raman spectroscopy including David King from Kings College, London and Analyst author, Sergei Kazarian from Imperial College London.

Read some of the presenters work here:

Broadband terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of drugs-of-abuse and the use of principal component analysis
Andrew D. Burnett, Wenhui Fan, Prashanth C. Upadhya, John E. Cunningham, Michael D. Hargreaves, Tasnim Munshi, Howell G. M. Edwards, Edmund H. Linfield and A. Giles Davies
Analyst, 2009, 134, 1658-1668

Probing history with Raman spectroscopy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Analyst, 2004, 129, 870-879

Ultrafast infrared chemical imaging of live cells
Hemmel Amrania, Andrew P. McCrow, Mary R. Matthews, Sergei G. Kazarian, Marina K. Kuimova and Chris C. Phillips
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 107-111

Micro ATR-FTIRspectroscopic imaging of atherosclerosis: an investigation of the contribution of inducible nitric oxide synthase to lesion composition in ApoE-null mice
Francesca Palombo, Hao Shen, Lea Esther S. Benguigui, Sergei G. Kazarian and Rita K. Upmacis
Analyst, 2009, 134, 1107-1118

Tours of the Natural History Museum are also available, so do go along!

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Top ten most accessed articles in July

This month sees the following articles in Analyst that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Selective colorimetric sensing of mercury(ii) using turn off–turn on mechanism from riboflavin stabilized silver nanoparticles in aqueous medium 
Bappaditya Roy, Partha Bairi and Arun K. Nandi 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3605-3607 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15459A  

Multiplexed analysis of silver(i) and mercury(ii) ions using oligonucletide–metal nanoparticle conjugates 
Gioi Dong Huy, Min Zhang, Peng Zuo and Bang-Ce Ye 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3289-3294 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15373K    

Label-free fluorescent detection of thrombin using G-quadruplex-based DNAzyme as sensing platform 
Yuanfu Zhang, Baoxin Li and Yan Jin 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3268-3273 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN00002K    

Gold and silver nanoparticles: A class of chromophores with colors tunable in the range from 400 to 750 nm 
Yugang Sun and Younan Xia
Analyst, 2003, 128, 686-691 DOI: 10.1039/B212437H    

A single DNA aptamer functions as a biosensor for ricin 
Elise A. Lamont, Lili He, Keith Warriner, Theodore P. Labuza and Srinand Sreevatsan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3884-3895 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15352H   

Graphene electrochemistry: an overview of potential applications 
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2768-2778 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00590H    

Detection of mercury and phenylmercury ions using DNA-based fluorescent probe 
Yang-Wei Lin and Huan-Tsung Chang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3323-3328 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15117G 
 
Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis 
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D  

Sensitive detection of glucose based on gold nanoparticles assisted silver mirror reaction 
Tangsong Li, Kui Zhu, Sha He, Xi Xia, Shaoqin Liu, Zhuo Wang and Xingyu Jiang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 2893-2896 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15256D 

A sensitive colorimetric label-free assay for trypsin and inhibitor screening with gold nanoparticles 
Wangxin Xue, Guanxin Zhang and Deqing Zhang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3136-3141 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15224F   

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Grand challenges in surface enhanced optical spectroscopies

Professor Duncan Graham

Take a look at Analyst Editorial Board member Duncan Graham’s contribution to our ongoing theme on Grand Challenges, which is included as part of Issue 19.

There remain several challenges to overcome in order to achieve widespread clinical use of surface enhanced techniques. In this review, Iain Larmour and Duncan Graham consider the substrates employed to achieve enhancement before reviewing each enhanced optical technique in detail; surface plasmon resonance, localised surface plasmon resonance, surface enhanced fluorescence, surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and surface enhanced (resonance) Raman spectroscopy.

Critical Review: Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D

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Issue 19 online

Analyst, 2011, 136(19): 3817-4084

The latest issue of Analyst is now available online.

On the front cover is work from Xuefeng Yin of Zhejiang University and colleagues.  One of the major difficulties in microfluidic cell analysis for adherent cells is that the cells are prone to attaching to the channel surface.  Yin et al present a simple 3D hydrodynamic focusing microfluidic device integrated with continuous sampling, rapid dynamic lysis, capillary electrophoretic (CE) separation and detection of intracellular content, which aims to overcome this:

Three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic focusing for continuous sampling and analysis of adherent cells
Chunxiu Xu, Min Wang and Xuefeng Yin
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3877-3883
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15019G

The inside front cover highlights research by Srinand Sreevatsan of the University of Minnesota and collaborators from the University of Guelph.  Short RNA and DNA sequences (aptamers) have properties that make them desirable as biosensors for bacterial contaminants in food.  This paper describes the selection and characterization of a single, dominant aptamer (SSRA1), against the B-chain of the toxin ricin.  The results indicate that SSRA1 could serve well as pre-analytical tool for processing of ricin from liquid foods to aid current diagnostics as well as a sensor for direct ricin detection:

A single DNA aptamer functions as a biosensor for ricin
Elise A. Lamont, Lili He, Keith Warriner, Theodore P. Labuza and Srinand Sreevatsan
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3884-3895
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15352H

Both papers will be free to access for 6 weeks.

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