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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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Graham Cooks to deliver Pittcon 2012 plenary

Prof. Cooks is Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor–Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University

We’re delighted that Analyst Editorial Board member, Professor Graham Cooks, will be the plenary speaker at Pittcon 2012.

His talk will be entitled “Ambient Ionization and Mini Mass Spectrometers: In situ MS for Everyone” and will take place at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday 11th March in the Chapin Theater.

Watch this space for more details on our attendance at Pittcon!

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Thermochemiluminescence patterns act as fingerprints to accurately classify proteins

Albumin solutions were added directly onto each sensing element. When heated, the albumins are thermally oxidised, generating distinct thermochemiluminescence patterns.

We’ve just published the latest paper from Analyst‘s Associate Editor for Asia, Xinrong Zhang, and colleagues from Tsinghua Universtiy, China.  It details an innovative nanomaterial array which uses chacteristic thermochemiluminescence signals to recognise protein subtypes and denatured shapes.

Read the paper for free until 8th September.

A thermochemiluminescence array for recognition of protein subtypes and their denatured shapes
Hao Kong, He Wang, Sichun Zhang and Xinrong Zhang
Analyst
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15382J

Recap on Xinrong Zhang’s previous paper on an aerosol chemiluminescence-based sensor which functions as a mammalian tongue….

Recognition of organic compounds in aqueous solutions by chemiluminescence on an array of catalytic nanoparticles

Hao Kong, Sichun Zhang, Na Na, Da Liu and Xinrong Zhang
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2441-2446
DOI: 10.1039/B917538E

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Grand challenges: Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis

Surface enhancement can provide improved detection sensitivity in a range of optical spectroscopies.

Read this comprehensive review on surface enhanced optical spectroscopies and their application to bioanalysis by Analyst Editorial Board member Duncan Graham and his colleague Iain Larmour.  They consider the “grand challenges” that need to be overcome before widespread clinical use of surface enhanced techniques can be achieved.

The review will be free until the 6th September.

Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis

Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham
Analyst
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D

This paper is part of an ongoing collection of articles looking at Grand Challenges in analytical science.  In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, leading scientists (including our own Board members) have put together papers outlining the current challenges faced in analytical science, and how these might be tackled, some of which were published in issue 15.

Below are a selection of recent Analyst papers mentioned in the review:

Evaluation of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for characterizing different virus strains
Peter Hermann, Antje Hermelink, Veronika Lausch, Gudrun Holland, Lars Möller, Norbert Bannert and Dieter Naumann
Analyst, 2011, 136, 1148-1152
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00531B

Surface enhanced Raman evidence for Ag+ complexes of adenine, deoxyadenosine and 5′-dAMP formed in silver colloids
Evanthia Papadopoulou and Steven E. J. Bell
Analyst, 2010, 135, 3034-3037
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00612B

Competitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering assay for the 1,25-dihydroxy metabolite of vitamin D3
Eric J. Dufek, Brian Ehlert, Michael C. Granger, Tanya M. Sandrock, Samuel L. Legge, Mark G. Herrmann, A. Wayne Meikle and Marc D. Porter
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2811-2817
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00354A

Short-wave infrared excited SERS
Kirstin A. Lynn, Graeme McNay, David A. Eustace, Neil C. Shand and W. Ewen Smith
Analyst, 2010, 135, 1904-1905
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00096E

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Introducing a new Analyst Associate Editor for Asia!

Takehiko KitamoriWe are delighted to announce that Takehiko Kitamori from the University of Tokyo is the latest leading scientist to join the Analyst team, as Associate Editor for Asia.

He joins Xinrong Zhang (Associate Editor for Asia), Boris Mizaikoff (Associate Editor for Europe), Steve Soper (Associate Editor for the Americas) and Duncan Graham (Associate Editor for Reviews) as members of the Editorial Board who handle the peer-review of articles submitted to Analyst. Professor Kitamori welcomes submissions from Japan and South-East Asia.

Takehiko Kitamori is a full professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, and also he is Dean of both Faculty and Graduate School of Engineering. His research activity covers laser spectro-analytical chemistry, and micro and extended-nano chemistry. Read his latest review article in Analyst!

Critical Review: Extended nanospace chemical systems on a chip for new analytical technology
Kazuma Mawatari, Takehiko Tsukahara and Takehiko Kitamori
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3051-3059
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00840K

Submit your next article to Analyst here!

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Issue 15 online: tackling Grand Challenges

Analyst, 2011, 136(15): 3025-3204

Issue 15 is now available online, and we publish the first of an ongoing collection of articles looking at Grand Challenges in analytical science.  In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, leading scientists (including our own Board members) have put together papers outlining the current challenges faced in analytical science, and how these might be tackled.

There are contributions in this issue from Lloyd Smith, and from Board members Pavel Matousek, Takehiko Kitamori and Facundo Fernandez.  Pavel’s minireview is also highlighted on the inside cover.

Minireview: Non-invasive analysis of turbid samples using deep Raman spectroscopy
Kevin Buckley and Pavel Matousek
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3039-3050
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00723D

Critical Review: Extended nanospace chemical systems on a chip for new analytical technology
Kazuma Mawatari, Takehiko Tsukahara and Takehiko Kitamori
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3051-3059
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00840K

Critical Review: To understand the whole, you must know the parts: unraveling the roles of protein–DNA interactions in genome regulation
Lloyd M. Smith, Michael R. Shortreed and Michael Olivier
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3060-3065
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15037E

Poor quality drugs: grand challenges in high throughput detection, countrywide sampling, and forensics in developing countries
Facundo M. Fernandez, Dana Hostetler, Kristen Powell, Harparkash Kaur, Michael D. Green, Dallas C. Mildenhall and Paul N. Newton
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3073-3082
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00627K

The stunning front cover of this issue highlights work by Jeremy Driskell from the lab of Ralph Tripp.  They report the development of a simple, rapid, and sensitive method for quantitative detection of influenza A virus using dynamic light scattering and gold nanoparticle labels.

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

Don’t forget that Analyst cover articles are free for 6 weeks!

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Board member wins 2011 Joseph Black Award

Prof. Christy Haynes, University of Minnesota

We’d like to congratulate our Advisory Board member Professor Christy Haynes who is the 2011 winner of the Joseph Black Award.  This award, sponsored by the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund, and is presented to a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.

Christy, who is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, was awarded for her work on leveraging the core principles of analytical chemistry to gain insight into pressing toxicological, immunological, and ecological questions.

Prof. Haynes is Guest Editor or our upcoming themed issue on Emerging Investigators, alongside Dr Perdita Barran from the University of Edinburgh.  Dr Barran was herself winner of the Joseph Black Award in 2009.  The themed issue will be published later this year, and you can read Christy’s paper for the issue using the link below.

Investigation of noble metal nanoparticle ζ-potential effects on single-cell exocytosis function in vitro with carbon-fiber microelectrode amperometry
Bryce J. Marquis, Zhen Liu, Kathy L. Braun and Christy L. Haynes
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00785D

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Counterfeit crackdown

Take a look at this article in Science News, which takes a look at scientific tools and analytical approaches to identify counterfeit medication.  A number of Analyst Board members and their work are featured, including Graham Cooks, Pavel Matousek, and Facundo Fernández.

For further reading, use the links below to access some recent papers from our Board members:

Ion/molecule reactions for detecting ammonia using miniature cylindrical ion trap mass spectrometers
Jonell N. Smith, Adam D. Keil, Robert J. Noll and R. Graham Cooks
Analyst, 2011, 136, 120-127
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00630K

Minireview: Non-invasive analysis of turbid samples using deep Raman spectroscopy
Kevin Buckley and Pavel Matousek
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00723D

Poor quality drugs: grand challenges in high throughput detection, countrywide sampling, and forensics in developing countries
Facundo M. Fernandez, Dana Hostetler, Kristen Powell, Harparkash Kaur, Michael D. Green, Dallas C. Mildenhall and Paul N. Newton
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00627K

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ASMS 2011: Day 1

The infamous Blue Bear looking in at Colorado Convention Center, Denver

The 59th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (aka ASMS 2011) is well underway here in Denver, Colorado and I can’t believe it’s been less than a day!

Sunday’s opening plenary was all about finding our origins in grains of stardust – fascinating at any time, but possibly more so for anyone from the UK currently experiencing the “Brian Cox” phenomenon.  The mixer drinks which followed were a chance to meet some familiar faces, and to get my bearings before things kicked off properly today.

I started Monday learning about all that’s new with instrument development for imaging mass spectrometry, including talks from Analyst Advisory Board members Renato Zenobi and Julia Laskin.  The highlight, however, had to be Sarah Trimpin’s description of her experiments on LSI using a BB gun! (I’m sure all appropriate health and safety measures were taken)

During the poster session I had the chance to meet with Analyst Editorial Board member Graham Cooks, and also Jentaie Shiea from the Editorial Board of our sister journal, Analytical Methods.

More Board members later, when I attend a session on hydrogen-deuterium exchange chaired by another Editorial Board member, Vicki Wysocki.

And there might be a sneaky visit to the hospitality suites later…purely to talk more science of course…

If you’re attending, and would like to meet to talk all things MS and publishing, just leave a comment below or tweet me: @analystrsc

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Paul Bohn awarded the Theophilus Redwood Award

We are delighted to congratulate Paul Bohn, Chair of the Analyst Editorial Board on being awarded the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award. This award given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator. Paul was chosen as the award winner for the breadth and impact of his contribution to analytical science in the areas of microfluidics and nanoscale chemical sensing.

Paul gave his award lecture at the University of Strathclyde last Wednesday (30th March) and those present can confirm not only the excellence of his science, but also his ability to communicate this to his audience. He was presented with his medal by the President Elect of the Analytical Division, Alan Handley.

For more information about Paul’s work on nanoscale chemical sensing, please visit his website at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

The Awards Symposium also included the winner of the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science given to Gary Hieftje of Indiana University, and the Harrison Meldola Memorial Prize which was awarded to Nathan Lawrence from Schlumberger Cambridge Research (shown below).

Congratulations to all three winners!

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