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Rapid biodiagnostic ex vivo imaging at 1 μm pixel resolution with thermal source FTIR FPA
C. R. Findlay, R. Wiens, M. Rak, J. Sedlmair, C. J. Hirschmugl, Jason Morrison, C. J. Mundy, M. Kansiz and K. M. Gough
Analyst, 2015, 140, 2493-2503
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01982B

Controlled growth of immunogold for amplified optical detection of aflatoxin B1
Xu Wang, Reinhard Niessner and Dietmar Knopp
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1453-1458
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02281E

A Comparative Study of Graphene-Hydrogel Hybrid Bionanocomposites for Biosensing
S. L. Burrs, D. C. Vanegas, M. Bhargava, N. Mechulan, P. Hendershot, H. Yamaguchi, C. Gomes and E. S. McLamore
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1466-1476
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01788A

Pre-Equlibration Kinetic Size-Exclusion Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry Detection (peKSEC-MS) for Label-Free Solution-Based
Jiayin Bao, Svetlana M. Krylova, Leonid T. Cherney, J. C. Yves Le Blanc, Patrick Pribil, Philip E. Johnson, Derek J. Wilson and Sergey N. Krylov
Analyst, 2015, 140, 990-994
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02232G

Forensic determination of blood sample age using a bioaffinity-based assay
Juliana Agudelo, Crystal Huynh and Jan Halámek
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1411-1415
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02269F

Oxidative damage in DNA bases revealed by UV Resonant Raman spectroscopy
Francesco D’Amico, Francesca Cammisuli, Riccardo Addobbati, Clara Rizzardi, Alessandro Gessini, Claudio Masciovecchio, Barbara Rossi and Lorella Pascolo
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1477-1485
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02364A

The lipid-reactive oxygen species phenotype of breast cancer. Raman spectroscopy and mapping, PCA and PLSDA for invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma. Molecular tumorigenic mechanis
Jakub Surmacki, Beata Brozek-Pluska, Radzislaw Kordek and Halina Abramczyk
Analyst, 2015, 140, 2121-2133
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01876A

Self-cleaning properties in engineered sensors for dopamine electroanalytical detection
Guido Soliveri, Valentina Pifferi, Guido Panzarasa, Silvia Ardizzone, Giuseppe Cappelletti, Daniela Meroni, Katia Sparnacci and Luigi Falciola
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1486-1494
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02219J

Near-infrared excited ultraviolet emitting upconverting phosphors as an internal light source in dry chemistry test strips for glucose sensing
T. Valta, V. Kale, T. Soukka and C. Horn
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02028F

Micromotors to capture and destroy anthrax simulant spores
Jahir Orozco, Guoqing Pan, Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit, Michael Galarnyk and Joseph Wang
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1421-1427
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02169J

Compact 3D-Printed Interface for Coupling Open Digital Microchips with Venturi Easy Ambient Sonic-Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Jie-Bi Hu, Ting-Ru Chen, Chia-Hsien Chang, Ji-Yen Cheng, Yu-Chie Chen and Pawel L. Urban
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1495-1501
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02220C

Rapid Microstructure Characterization of Polymer Thin Films with 2D-Array Multifocus Raman Microspectroscopy
Ashok Zachariah Samuel, Sohshi Yabumoto, Kenichi Kawamura and Koichi Iwata
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1847-1851
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01983K

Real-time detection of H5N1 influenza virus through hyperbranched rolling circle amplification
Seyed Vahid Hamidi, Hedayatollah Ghourchian and Gholamreza Tavoosidana
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1502-1509
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01954G

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots from Plant Cytoplasm as Selective and Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for Detecting P-Nitroaniline in Both Aqueous and Soil Systems
Haoran Yuan, Denian Li, Yan Liu, Xizhe Xu and Chuanxi Xiong
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1428-1431
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01869A

Simultaneous strain and temperature sensing using slightly tapered optical fiber with inner air-cavity
H. F. Chen, D. N. Wang and Y. Wang
Analyst, 2015, 140, 1859-1862
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02230K

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Label-free phenotyping of peripheral blood lymphocytes by infrared imaging
M. Verdonck, S. Garaud, H. Duvillier, K. Willard-Gallo and E. Goormaghtigh
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01855A

PNGase F-mediated incorporation of 18O into glycans for relative glycan quantitation
Wei Zhang, Weiqian Cao, Jiangming Huang, Hong Wang, Ji Wang, Chen Xie and Pengyuan Yang
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02073A

A microelectrochemical biosensor for real-time in vivo monitoring of brain extracellular choline
Keeley L. Baker, Fiachra B. Bolger and John P. Lowry
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02027H

Differentiation of Prostate Cancer from Normal Tissue in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens by Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Touch Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
K. S. Kerian, A. K. Jarmusch, V. Pirro, M. O. Koch, T. A. Masterson, L. Cheng and R. G. Cooks
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02039A

Multi-enzyme microreactor-based online electrochemical system for selective and continuous monitoring of acetylcholine
Yuqing Lin, Ping Yu and Lanqun Mao
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02089H

Fluorescence Chemosensors for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection in Biological Systems
Zhi Guo, Guiqiu Chen, Guangming Zeng, Zhongwu Li, Anwei Chen, Jiajia Wang and Longbo Jiang
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01909A

Marker-free automated histopathological annotation of lung tumour subtypes by FTIR-Imaging
Frederik Großerueschkamp, Angela Kallenbach-Thieltges, Thomas Behrens, Thomas Brüning, Matthias Altmayer, Georgios Stamatis, Dirk Theegarten and Klaus Gerwert
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01978D

Universal Electronics for Miniature and Automated Chemical Assays
Pawel L. Urban
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02013H

Raman microimaging of murine lungs: insight into the vitamin A content
K. M. Marzec, K. Kochan, A. Fedorowicz, A. Jasztal, K. Chruszcz-Lipska, J. Cz. Dobrowolski, S. Chlopicki and M. Baranska
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01881H

Stereospecific recognition and quantitative structure-activity relationship between antibodies and enantiomers: ofloxacin as model hapten
Hongtao Mu, Baoling Wang, Zhenlin Xu, Yuanming Sun, Xinan Huang, Yudong Shen, Sergei A. Eremin, Anatoly V. Zherdev, Boris B. Dzantiev and Hongtao Lei
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02155J

A colorimetric method of analysis for trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide with the use of the nano–properties of Molybdenum disulfide
Xinrong Guo, Yong Wang, Fangying Wu, Yongnian Ni and Serge Kokot
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01950D

Infrared spectral signature of human lymphocyte subpopulations from peripheral blood
N. Wald, A. Legat, C. Meyer, D. E. Speiser and E. Goormaghtigh
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02247E

Screening and mapping pigments in paintings using scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
Antonio Doménech-Carbó, María Teresa Doménech-Carbó, Miguel Silva, Francisco Manuel Valle-Algarra, José Vicente Gimeno-Adelantado, Francisco Bosch-Reig and Rufino Mateo-Castro
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01911C

Transmission versus transflection mode in FTIR analysis of blood plasma: is the EFSW effect the only reason of the observed spectral distortions?
Emilia Staniszewska-Slezak, Anna Rygula, Kamilla Malek and Malgorzata Baranska
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01842G

Multivariate statistical methodologies applied in biomedical Raman spectroscopy: Assessing the validity of partial least squares regression using simulated model datasets.
Mark E. Keating, Haq Nawaz, Franck Bonnier and Hugh J. Byrne
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02167C

A colorimetric nitrite detection system based on Ag@Au nanoparticles with excellent selectivity and high sensitivity
Tianhua Li, Yonglong Li, Yujie Zhang, Chen Dong, Zheyu Shen and Aiguo Wu
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01583E

Flow-through polymerase chain reaction inside a seamless 3D helical microreactor fabricated utilizing a silicone tube and a paraffin mold
Wenming Wu, Kieu The Loan Trinh and Nae Yoon Lee
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01675K

ß-Cyclodextrin functionalised gold nanoclusters as a luminescent probe for the ultrasensitive detection of dopamine
Rui Ban, E. S. Abdel-Halim, Jianrong Zhang and Jun-Jie Zhu
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02161D

In-vivo and continuous measurement of bisulfide in the hippocampus of rat’s brain by on-line integrated microdialysis/droplet-based microfluidic system
Feidan Gu, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaocui Zhu, Meiping Zhao, Jie Hao, Ping Yu and Lanqun Mao
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01974A, Paper

Infrared imaging of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line phenotypes in 2D and 3D cultures
Margarita Smolina and Erik Goormaghtigh
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01833H

High throughput absorbance spectra of cancerous cells: a microscopic investigation of spectral artifacts
A. Mignolet and E. Goormaghtigh
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01834F

Label-free imaging and identification of typical cells of acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome by Raman microspectroscopy
R. Vanna, P. Ronchi, A. T. M. Lenferink, C. Tresoldi, C. Morasso, D. Mehn, M. Bedoni, S. Picciolini, L. W. M. M. Terstappen, F. Ciceri, C. Otto and F. Gramatica
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02127D

Infrared imaging of primary melanoma reveals hints of regional and distant metastases
N. Wald and E. Goormaghtigh
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01831A

Pituitary gland under infrared light – in search of a representative spectrum for homogenous regions
A. Banas, K. Banas, A. Furgal-Borzych, W. M. Kwiatek, B. Pawlicki and M. B. H. Breese
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01985G

Design of molecularly imprinted conducting polymer protein-sensing films via substrate-dopant binding
Elena Komarova, Matt Aldissi and Anastasia Bogomolova
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01965B

Vibrational signatures to discriminate liver steatosis grades
Chengyuan Peng, Franck Chiappini, Slávka Kaščáková, Mélanie Danulot, Christophe Sandt, Didier Samuel, Paul Dumas, Catherine Guettier and François Le Naour
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01679C

Competitive evaluation of data mining algorithms for use in classification of leukocyte subtypes with Raman microspectroscopy
A. Maguire, I. Vega-Carrascal, J. Bryant, L. White, O. Howe, F. M. Lyng and A. D. Meade
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01887G

Loss of the preferential control over the striato-nigral direct pathway by striatal NMDA receptors in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease
Michele Morari and Martina Fantin
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01918K

Infrared Micro-spectroscopy for Cyto-pathological Classification of Esophageal Cells
Douglas Townsend, Miloš Miljković, Benjamin Bird, Kathleen Lenau, Oliver Old, Max Almond, Catherine Kendall, Gavin Lloyd, Neil Shepherd, Hugh Barr, Nick Stone and Max Diem
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01884B

Take a look at our recent HOT Analyst articles, these are now free to access for the next few weeks!

A Smart Ink for the Assessment of Low Activity Photocatalytic Surfaces
Andrew Mills, Christopher O’Rourke and Nathan Wells
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5409-5414
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01375A

Screen-Printed Back-to-Back Electroanalytical Sensors
Jonathan P. Metters, Edward P. Randviir and Craig E. Banks
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5339-5349
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01501K

Fabrication and laser patterning of polystyrene optical oxygen sensor films for lab-on-a-chip applications
S. M. Grist, N. Oyunerdene, J. Flueckiger, J. Kim, P. C. Wong, L. Chrostowski and K. C. Cheung
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5718-5727
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00765D

Reactive intermediate detection in real time via paper assisted thermal ionization mass spectrometry
Jiying Pei, Yanbiao Kang and Guangming Huang
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5354-5357
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01343C

DNA Bioassay-on-Chip using SERS Detection for Dengue Diagnosis
Hoan T. Ngo, Hsin-Neng Wang, Andrew M. Fales, Bradly P. Nicholson, Christopher W. Woods and Tuan Vo-Dinh
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5655-5659
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01077A

Aptasensor for potassium based on RecJf exonuclease mediated signal amplification
Peng Miao, Yuguo Tang, Bidou Wang, Kun Han, Xifeng Chen and Haixuan Sun
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5695-5699
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01350F

Rapid, Highly Sensitive Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 using Multiple Antigenic Peptide-Coated Superparamagnetic Beads
Ying-Fen Ran, Conor Fields, Julien Muzard, Viktoryia Liauchuk, Michael Carr, William Hall and Gil U. Lee
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00774C

New algorithm for identification of components in a mixture: application to Raman spectra of solid amino acids
Sylwester Gawinkowski, Agnieszka Kaminska, Tomasz Rolinski and Jacek Waluk
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5755-5764
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01159G

Cold neutron diffraction contrast tomography of polycrystalline material
S. Peetermans, A. King, W. Ludwig, P. Reischig and E. H. Lehmann
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5765-5771
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01490A

Tailoring recognition clefts from non-specific recognition matrices in mixed molecular arrays
Nivarthi Ramesh and Archita Patnaik
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5772-5780
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01120A

Glyconanoparticles for colorimetric bioassays
María J. Marín, Claire L. Schofield, Robert A. Field and David A. Russell
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01466A

Nanocoax for Optical and Electronic Devices
Binod Rizal, Juan M. Merlo, Michael J. Burns, Thomas C. Chiles and Michael J. Naughton
Analyst, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01447B

3D printed metal columns for capillary liquid chromatography
S. Sandron, B. Heery, V. Gupta, D. A. Collins, E. P. Nesterenko, P. N. Nesterenko, M. Talebi, S. Beirne, F. Thompson, G. G. Wallace, D. Brabazon, F. Regan and B. Paull
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01476F

Droplet microfluidics in (bio) chemical analysis
Evgenia Yu Basova and Frantisek Foret
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01209G

A TEM protocol for quality assurance of in vitro cellular barrier models and its application to the assessment of nanoparticle transport mechanisms across barriers
Dong Ye, Kenneth A. Dawson and Iseult Lynch
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01276C

A novel molecularly imprinted chitosan-acrylamide, graphene, ferrocene composite cryogel biosensor used to detect microalbumin
Amin Fatoni, Apon Numnuam, Proespichaya Kanatharana, Warakorn Limbut and Panote Thavarungkul
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01000K

Rapid identification of synthetic colorants in food samples by using indium oxide nanoparticle-functionalized porous polymer monolith coupled with HPLC-MS/MS
Ruifang Qi, Xiao Zhou, Xiqian Li, Jiutong Ma, Chunmei Lu, Jun Mu, Xuguang Zhang and Qiong Jia
Analyst, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01392A

HPLC-MRM Relative Quantification Analysis of Fatty Acids Based on a Novel Derivatization Strategy
Tie Cai,Hu Ting, Zhang Xin-Xiang, Zhou Jiangb and Zhang Jin-Lan
Analyst, 2014, 139, 6154-6159
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01314J

Multimodal Optical Characterisation of Collagen Photodegradation by Femtosecond Infrared Laser Ablation
A. Manickavasagam, L. M. Hirvonen, L. N. Melita, E. Z. Chong, R. J. Cook, L. Bozecc and F. Festy
Analyst, 2014, 139, 6135-6143
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01523A

Ion Collision Cross Section Measurements in Quadrupole Ion Traps Using a Time-frequency Analysis Method
Muyi He, Dan Guo, Yu Chen, Xingchuang Xiong, Xiang Fangc and Wei Xu
Analyst, 2014, 139, 6144-6153
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01216J

Label-Free Detection of DNA by Combining Gated Mesoporous Silica and Catalytic Signal Amplification of Platinum Nanoparticle
Zhifei Wang, Xia Yang, Jie Feng, Yongjun Tang, Yanyun Jianga and Nongyue He
Analyst, 2014, 139, 6088-6091
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01539H

Molecular phenotypic profiling of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain at the single-cell level
A. Mareike Schmidt, Stephan R. Fagerer, Konstantins Jefimovs, Florian Buettner, Christian Marro,   Erdem C. Siringil, Karl L. Boehlen, Martin Pabstb and Alfredo J. Ibáñez
Analyst, 2014, 139, 5709-5717
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01119H