Jin et al., Anal. Methods, 2012, 1903
We have some very colourful images this July on the covers of Analytical Methods. The front cover image comes from Japan, where Takashi Jin from Riken, and colleagues have been developing quantum dots to be used as fluorescent probes for measuring the cytoplasmic viscosity of a single living cell.
Bovine serum albumin-coated quantum dots as a cytoplasmic viscosity probe in a single living cell
Yuko Nakane , Akira Sasaki , Masataka Kinjo and Takashi Jin
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1903-1905
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25318F
Weng & Zhou et al., Anal. Methods, 2012, 1935
Still in Asia for our inside front cover, the image comes from Xiaocheng Weng and Xiang Zhou from Wuhan University, who together with colleagues have been developing a sensor to detect silver and cysteine with the use of graphene oxide and G-quadruplex DNA.
Ag+ and cysteine detection by Ag+–guanine interaction based on graphene oxide and G-quadruplex DNA
Lin Liu, Wenting Liu, Tingting Hong, Xiaocheng Weng, Qianqian Zhai and Xiang Zhou
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1935-1939
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25362C
D'Auria et al., Anal. Methods, 2012, 1940
We also have a back cover this month! It features the work of Sabato D’Auria and colleagues at the Institute of Protein Biochemistry of the Italian National Research Council, and Selex-SI, Italy. Ephedrine is a precursor for the illegal preparation of amphetamines, therefore a quick and reliable detection system for its presence is essential.
A surface plasmon resonance-based biochip to reveal traces of ephedrine
Antonio Varriale, Maria Staiano, Vincenzo M. Marzullo, Maria Strianese, Stefano Di Giovannni, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Alberto Secchi, Massimiliano Dispenza, Anna Maria Fiorello and Sabato D’Auria
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 1940-1944
DOI: 10.1039/C2AY25231G
