There are two reviews and a handful of HOT papers to see in the latest Analyst issue. All these articles will be free to access until the end of February. Don’t forget you can browse the whole issue via the Analyst homepage.
Reviews
Mònica Campàs and colleagues review the incorporation of novel nanobiotechnological concepts such as aptamers, nanoparticles, nanotubes and magnetic beads in sensing and transducing strategies, which is providing high-performance electrochemical biosensors for toxin detection:
Critical Review: Novel nanobiotechnological concepts in electrochemical biosensors for the analysis of toxins
Mònica Campàs, Diana Garibo and Beatriz Prieto-Simón
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1055-1067
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15736E
Richard Compton and colleagues present a thorough review of generator-collector systems, covering classic experiments of the 1950s up to very recent new geometries:
Tutorial Review: Generator-collector double electrode systems
Edward O. Barnes, Grace E. M. Lewis, Sara E. C. Dale, Frank Marken and Richard G. Compton
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1068-1081
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16174E
HOT articles
Communication: Rapid detection of urushiol allergens of Toxicodendron genus using leaf spray mass spectrometry
Fatkhulla K. Tadjimukhamedov, Guangming Huang, Zheng Ouyang and R. Graham Cooks
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1082-1084
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16077C
Identifying and localizing intracellular nanoparticles using Raman spectroscopy
Jennifer Dorney, Franck Bonnier, Amaya Garcia, Alan Casey, Gordon Chambers and Hugh J. Byrne
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1111-1119
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15977E
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus cell walls by enzyme-linked immunoassay using antibodies prepared from a semi-synthetic peptidoglycan precursor
Sandeep Sandhu, James A. Schouten, Julie Thompson, Mark Davis and Timothy D. H. Bugg
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1130-1136
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16036F
Colorimetric quantification of galactose using a nanostructured multi-catalyst system entrapping galactose oxidase and magnetic nanoparticles as peroxidase mimetics
Moon Il Kim, Jongmin Shim, Taihua Li, Min-Ah Woo, Daeyeon Cho, Jinwoo Lee and Hyun Gyu Park
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1137-1143
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15889B
Size selective DNA transport through a nanoporous membrane in a PDMS microfluidic device
Yixiao Sheng and Michael T. Bowser
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1144-1151
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15966J
(CdSe/ZnS QDs)-ionic liquid-based headspace single drop microextraction for the fluorimetric determination of trimethylamine in fish
Carolina Carrillo-Carrión, Bartolomé M. Simonet and Miguel Valcárcel
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1152-1159
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15914G
Exonucleolytic degradation of high-density labeled DNA studied by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Nicky Ehrlich, Katrin Anhalt, Hauke Paulsen, Susanne Brakmann and Christian G. Hübner
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1160-1167
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15879E
