Gilchrist et al., Analyst, 2012, 137, 1576-1583
Our latest issue is now online, with three excellent cover articles for you to enjoy.
The dramatic front cover features work from Leon Barron and colleagues at King’s College London. They used capillary-scale ion chromatography and suppressed conductivity detection to probe gunshot residue, sweat and latent fingerprints in order to detect low molecular weight anions at the fg–pg level.
Armendariz et al., Analyst, 2012, 137, 1402-1408
This HOT article from Professor Robert Dunn of Kansas University will be part of our upcoming ‘Single’ themed issue, Guest Edited by Henry S. White.
Fluorescence microscopy is one of the most widely used approaches for probing structural and dynamic attributes of both model and natural membranes, and single molecule fluorescence measurements have recently been used to probe the orientation of fluorescent lipid analogs doped into lipid films at trace levels.
Find out how Prof. Dunn has extended this work and read the full paper
Professor Joe Wang, UCSD
At the Eirelec ’11 meeting in Adare, Republic of Ireland last year, Professor Mike Lyons of Trinity College met Professor Joseph Wang of the University of California, San Diego. They spoke about Joe’s journey to becoming such a respected scientist, and what he feels about the future for the field of electrochemistry.
The 18th Australian Electrochemistry Symposium, sponsored by Analyst and Analytical Methods, runs all day on Sunday 15th April, at the Resources and Chemistry Precinct, Curtin University, Australia.
As well as a contributed lecture programme and poster session, there will be three keynote lectures by the 2012 medallists of the Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (ED-RACI):
The meeting is being coordinated by Analyst Advisory Board member, Damien Arrigan, and further information can be found online.
Read some papers from the keynote speakers below:
Stamp Transfer Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing on Non-Planar and Oversized Surfaces
Joshua Ray Windmiller, Amay Jairaj Bandodkar, Serguey Parkhomovsky and Joseph Wang
Analyst, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN35041F
Wearable electrochemical sensors for in situ analysis in marine environments
Kerstin Malzahn, Joshua Ray Windmiller, Gabriela Valdés-Ramírez, Michael J. Schöning and Joseph Wang
Analyst, 2011, 136, 2912-2917
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15193B
Development of an electrochemical immunosensor for the detection of HbA1c in serum
Guozhen Liu, Sook Mei Khor, Sridhar G. Iyengar and J. Justin Gooding
Analyst, 2012, 137, 829-832
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16034J
From collection: Future Electroanalytical Developments
Critical Review: Practical considerations associated with voltammetric studies in room temperature ionic liquids
Jie Zhang and Alan M. Bond
Analyst, 2005, 130, 1132-1147
DOI: 10.1039/B504721H
Insight 100 (Credit: Cobalt Light Systems)
The early-stage company Cobalt Light Systems has received European approval for its revolutionary INSIGHT100 bottle scanner, which could enable aircraft passengers to have liquid items larger than 100ml in their carry-on luggage.
The scanner uses Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS), a technique developed by Analyst Editorial Board member, Prof. Pavel Matousek of the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Pavel says, “Since STFC made the breakthrough in discovering SORS a few years ago, we have worked closely with the team at Cobalt Light Systems to develop and refine this technology. It is particularly exciting to see how this particular scientific development could now go on to make a real difference to the safety and wellbeing of our society.”
Find out more in the full STFC press release here.
Take a look at some of Pavel’s work below:
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
From collection Grand Challenges in Analytical Chemistry
Towards a safe non-invasive method for evaluating the carbonate substitution levels of hydroxyapatite (HAP) in micro-calcifications found in breast tissue
Marleen M. Kerssens, Pavel Matousek, Keith Rogers and Nicholas Stone
Analyst, 2010, 135, 3156-3161
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00565G
From themed issue Optical Diagnosis
Critical Review: Emerging concepts in deep Raman spectroscopy of biological tissue
Pavel Matousek and Nicholas Stone
Analyst, 2009, 134, 1058-1066
DOI: 10.1039/B821100K
From themed issue Optical Diagnosis
Subsurface probing of calcifications with spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS): future possibilities for the diagnosis of breast cancer
Nicholas Stone, Rebecca Baker, Keith Rogers, Anthony William Parker and Pavel Matousek
Analyst, 2007, 132, 899-905
DOI: 10.1039/B705029A
If you thought you’d missed your chance to submit an abstract for a talk at the Analytical Research Forum 2012, good news: the deadline has been extended to Friday 17 February.
So make the most of this opportunity and submit your abstract today.
The annual Analytical Research Forum (ARF) is the premier Analytical Science meeting of the RSC. The meeting gives early-stage analytical science researchers (industrial scientists, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows) the chance to present their latest results in the context of the wider analytical science community, and there will be prizes for the best contributions.
The programme will feature both poster sessions and lectures, including oral presentations from students, medal winners and international leaders in the field.
This year’s ARF takes place at Durham University, and will be Chaired by Dr Ritu Kataky.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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
Ellis et al., Analyst, 2012, 137, 1100-1110
Why not take a look at the latest issue of Analyst?
Featured on the front cover is a paper on the use of ambient ozone for the assignment of double bond position in unsaturated lipids. Stephen Blanksby and colleagues from the University of Wollongong, Australia, have made use of the fact that unsaturated lipids react with the low concentrations of ozone present in normal laboratory air.
Unsaturated lipids are deposited onto thin layer chromatography plactes and allowed to undergo ozonolysis. The products are then analysed by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS), providing unambiguous assignment of double bond positions without the need for instrument modifications.
Using ambient ozone for assignment of double bond position in unsaturated lipids
Shane R. Ellis, Jessica R. Hughes, Todd W. Mitchell, Marc in het Panhuis and Stephen J. Blanksby
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1100-1110
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15864C
Sun et al., Analyst, 2012, 137, 1125-1129
The back cover highlights research from Xiangying Sun and co-workers at Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China. They have developmed a novel dual-fluorescence quantum dot (QD) nanocomposite with tuning emission wavelength and fluorescence intensity which can selectively sense mercury ions (Hg2+) with a detection limit of 5.6 nM. They propose this can e used for the qualitative and semi-quantitative colorimetric analysis of Hg2+.
Dual-emission quantum dots nanocomposites bearing an internal standard and visual detection for Hg2+
Xiangying Sun, Bin Liu and Yibang Xu
Analyst, 2012, 137, 1125-1129
DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16026A
Both articles are free to access for 6 weeks.
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Professor Duncan Graham
The Coblentz Society has announced that Professor Duncan Graham, Reviews Editor of Analyst, has been selected as recipient of the 2012 Craver Award.
The Craver Award was established in 2006 to recognize the efforts of young professional spectroscopists that have made significant contributions in applied analytical vibrational spectroscopy. The society has named this award for Clara D. Craver in recognition of her pioneering efforts in promoting the practice of infrared vibrational spectroscopy and her many years of service to the Coblentz Society. Previous winners of the Award include another Analyst Editorial Board member, Boris Mizaikoff.
This award is presented to Professor Graham in recognition of his pioneering work in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to generate ultra-sensitive and highly selective methods of detection for a range of analytes, especially bio-analytical targets.
The Craver Award will be presented at the FACSS annual meeting, newly re-named SCIX, to be held in Kansas City, USA, 30 September – 5 October 2012.
Duncan will present the Coblentz Society’s Craver Award Plenary Lecture in Applied Vibrational Spectroscopy and a separate half-day award symposium of six invited presentations will be held following his lecture at this conference.
Take a look at Duncan’s recent Grand Challenges review below, and contact us if you’d like to discuss the submission of a review to his office.
Critical Review: Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853
DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D
The Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), of which the RSC is a member society, has announced the winners of its Innovation Awards.
The FACSS Innovation Awards showcase the newest and most creative science debuted orally at a FACSS-organised conference. At last year’s conference, held in October in Reno, Nevada, USA, the panel selected four equal awardees:
Ultrasound Enhanced ATR mid-IR Fibre Optic Probe for Spectroscopy of Particles in Suspensions
Cosima Koch, Markus Brandstetter, Stefan Radel, Bernhard Lendl
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Large-Area Standoff Planetary Raman Measurements Using a Novel Spatial Heterodyne Fourier Transform Raman Spectrometer
S. Michael Angel1, Nathaniel R. Gomer1, Shiv K. Sharma2, J. Chance Carter3
1University of South Carolina, 2University of Hawaii, 3Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging Studies of Dynamic Processes in Reversed Phase Chromatographic Materials
Justin Cooper, Eric Peterson, Joel Harris
University of Utah
Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry – New Dimension of LIBS
Alexander Bol’shakov1, Richard Russo1,2, Xianglei Mao2, Dale Perry2, Osman Sorkhabi2, Chris McKay3
1Applied Spectra, Inc., Fremont, CA 94538, 2LBNL, Berkeley, CA 94720, 3NASA-Ames Research Center
Each awardee will be presented with a cash prize and commemorative plaque, and each awardee has been invited to return to the conference in 2012 to become a point of emphasis in the scientific program. The awards will be formally presented at FACSS’s SCIX conference, which will be held in Kansas City, 30 September – 04 October, 2012.
