Analytical Methods Blog

There are quite a few HOT articles in this month’s issue from Analytical Methods. Take a look at some of the HOT science below. The papers below will be free to access for two weeks.

From the Pharmaceutical Analysis theme we have a communication from Zhenghua Song and colleagues from the Northwest University, China, who have studied the interaction behavior of catalase with cephalosporins using luminol as a luminescence probe.

Study on the interaction behavior of catalase with cephalosporins by chemiluminescence with flow injection analysis
Donghua Chen, Zhuming Wang, Yun Zhang, Xunyu Xiong and Zhenghua Song
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1485-1487
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05642A

We have a critical review from Michael Thompson, from Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He discuses the precision in chemical analysis and looks at the various conditions under which precision is assessed and its relevance to various quality-related practices.

Precision in chemical analysis: a critical survey of uses and abuses
Michael Thompson
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1598-1611
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25083G

We also have many other brilliant papers in June’s issue on a number of topics including therapeutics, colorimetric probes, Raman scattering, nanomaterials, and pesticide sampling, to name a few.

Identification of enzyme inhibitors using therapeutic target protein–magnetic nanoparticle conjugates
Lin-Sen Qing, Nan Tang, Ying Xue, Jian Liang, Yi-Ming Liu and Xun Liao
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1612-1615
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25320H

Sulfite recognition and sensing using Au nanoparticles as colorimetric probe: a judicious combination between anionic binding sites and plasmonic nanoparticles
Jia Zhang, Yue Yuan, Xiaolei Wang and Xiurong Yang
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1616-1618
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25181G

Biomagnetic glass beads for protein separation and detection based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Lei Chen, Xiao Xia Han, Zhinan Guo, Xu Wang, Weidong Ruan, Wei Song, Bing Zhao and Yukihiro Ozaki
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1643-1647
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25244A

Non-invasive monitoring of temperature stress in Arabidopsis thaliana roots, using ion amperometry
Y. Sulaiman, Marc R. Knight and R. Kataky
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1656-1661
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05747F

Graphene oxide as a nano-platform for ATP detection based on aptamer chemistry
Wen Dan Pu, Li Zhang and Cheng Zhi Huang
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1662-1666
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25166C

A quantitative assessment of the chemical variation in food grade polyethylene cling film, a common wrapping material for illicit drugs, using attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Stephen W. Holman, Trevor F. Emmett and Michael D. Cole
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1667-1673
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05889H

Green extraction using catanionic surfactants of trimethyltetradecyl ammonium bromide–sodium dodecyl sulfate for preconcentration of organophosphorus pesticides in fruit samples
Ketsarin Seebunrueng, Yanawath Santaladchaiyakit and Supalax Srijaranai
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1674-1680
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25238D

Automatic miniaturized flow methodology with in-line solid-phase extraction for quinine determination in biological samples
A. Margarida Vaz, André R. T. S. Araújo, João L. M. Santos, José L. F. C. Lima and M. Lúcia M. F. S. Saraiva
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1681-1686
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05818A

Electrochemical detection of dopamine in the presence of epinephrine, uric acid and ascorbic acid using a graphene-modified electrode
Xinying Ma, Mingyong Chao and Zhaoxia Wang
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1687-1692
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25040C

Statistical analysis of discrete encapsulation of nanomaterials in colloidal capsules
Tatsuya Sakakura, Kazuya Nishimura, Hiroaki Suzuki and Tetsuya Yomo
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1648-1655
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25105A