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Themed Issue on Molecular Analysis for Art, Archaeometry and Conservation now published

25 Oct 2013

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The new joint web themed Issue of Analyst and Analytical Methods on Molecular Analysis for Art, Archaeometry and Conservation has now been published online!

Take a look at this great collection of papers illustrating the most innovative research aimed at preserving our rich cultural heritage.

The themed issue highlights a great number of analytical techniques employed to study art and cultural objects at a molecular level, characterising their structure, properties and chemistry.

Bertrand et al., Analyst, 2013, 138, 4463-4469

If you are interested in the study and preservation of art of the past and the present, discover the latest analytical breakthroughs described in our Web Collection.

“A deep connection to our past and shared cultural heritage must be preserved to foster a balanced society where all humanity can thrive”, from the Editorial of Francesca Casadio and Richard P. Van Duyne, Guest Editors of the Issue.

In addition, below are some articles of the issue that you might be interested to read. These papers will be free to read for the next 4 weeks. Enjoy!

Looking beneath Dalí’s paint: non-destructive canvas analysis
Marta Oriola, Alenka Možir, Paul Garside, Gema Campo, Anna Nualart-Torroja, Irene Civil, Marianne Odlyha, May Cassar and Matija Strlič
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41094C

Caggiani et al., Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 4345-4354

Alteration of Asian lacquer: in-depth insight using a physico-chemical multiscale approach
Anne-Solenn Le Hô, Chloé Duhamel, Céline Daher, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Céline Paris, Martine Regert, Michel Sablier, Guilhem André, Jean-Paul Desroches and Paul Dumas
Analyst, 2013, 138, 5685-5696
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00608E

Analysis of cadmium based pigments with time-resolved photo-luminescence
Anna Cesaratto, Cosimo D’Andrea, Austin Nevin, Gianluca Valentini, Francesco Tassone, Roberto Alberti, Tommaso Frizzi and Daniela Comelli
Anal. Methods, 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41585F

Quantifying degradation of collagen in ancient manuscripts: the case of the Dead Sea Temple
Scroll R. Schütz, L. Bertinetti, I. Rabin, P. Fratzl and A. Masic
Analyst, 2013,138, 5594-5599
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00609C

Please click here to access the full web collection.

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Royal Society of Chemistry Roadshow in Brazil this November

24 Oct 2013

We are pleased to announce The Royal Society of Chemistry Brazil Roadshow that will take place in three amazing Brazilian locations this November.

The roadshow consists of three one-day scientific symposia in Campinas, Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte, featuring lectures by some of the world’s leading international scientists in analytical science and sustainable chemistry.

The roadshow is free to attend and will bring together academics, students and industrial scientists in a stimulating and friendly environment. Join us to find out more about our journals and wider activities! Click here to register.

4^th November: University of Campinas (IQ-UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

6^th November: The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (IQ-UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

8^th November: The Federal University of Minas Gerais (DQ-UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Among the outstanding scientists presenting at the roadshow:

Frank Vanhaecke (Chair of the JAAS Editorial Board)

Craig Banks (Analytical Methods Associate Editor)

James Clark (Green Chemistry Advisory Board member)

Boris Mizaikoff, (Analyst Associate Editor)

Janet Scott (Green Chemistry Advisory Board member)

The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to support and publish high-impact research from all over the globe, and a large amount of our content is from authors in Brazil. Below are some examples of the high-quality content published in Green Chemistry, Analyst, Analytical Methods, RSC Advances and JAAS by your Brazilian colleagues, please take a look at the papers listed below:

Glycerol as a recyclable solvent for copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of diaryl diselenides with aryl boronic acids
Vanessa G. Ricordi, Camilo S. Freitas, Gelson Perin, Eder J. Lenardão, Raquel G. Jacob, Lucielli Savegnago and Diego Alves
Green Chem., 2012, 14, 1030–1034, DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16427B

Reversible polymerization of novel monomers bearing furan and plant oil moieties: a double click exploitation of renewable resources
Carla Vilela, Letizia Cruciani, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2966–2974, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20053H

Easy dual-mode ambient mass spectrometry with Venturi self-pumping, canned air, disposable parts and voltage-free sonic-spray ionization
Nicolas V. Schwab, Andreia M. Porcari, Mirela B. Coelho, Eduardo M. Schmidt, Jose L. Jara, Jesui V. Visentainer and Marcos N. Eberlin
Analyst, 2012, 137, 2537–2540, DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16312H

Capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection on microfluidic systems—ten years of development
Wendell Karlos Tomazelli Coltro, Renato Sousa Lima, Thiago Pinotti Segato, Emanuel Carrilho, Dosil Pereira de Jesus, Claudimir Lucio do Lago and José Alberto Fracassi da Silva
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 25–33, DOI: 10.1039/C1AY05364G

Determination of trace metals in high-salinity petroleum produced formation water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry following on-line analyte separation/preconcentration
Eliane Padua Oliveira, Lu Yang, Ralph E. Sturgeon, Ricardo Erthal Santelli, Marcos Almeida Bezerra, Scott N. Willie and Ramsés Capilla
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 578-585, DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00108B

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FREE HOT Articles in Analytical Methods

18 Oct 2013

Take a look at these new HOT articles just published in Analytical Methods! They are all free to read for the next three weeks. Have a read now!

Totoli and Salgado, Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 5923-5928

Turbidimetric assay to determine the potency of ampicillin

Freeze sample enrichment highly adaptable to capillary electrophoresis
Kenichi Ito and Tetsuo Okada
Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 5912-5917
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41307A

MgF2–Au–MgF2-polydopamine based surface plasmon resonance sensor and its application in biomedical systems
Zhiyi Liu, Qing Peng, Heng Shi, Shuqing Sun, Jun Guo, Xiaoxiao Wang, Le Liu, Yanhong Ji, Jihua Guo, Hui Ma and Yonghong He
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41380B

Development and validation of a rapid turbidimetric assay to determine the potency of ampicillin sodium in powder for injectable solution
Eliane Gandolpho Tótoli and Hérida Regina Nunes Salgado
Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 5923-5928
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40847G

Supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for lipid A analysis

Assessing melatonin and its oxidative metabolites amounts in biological fluid and culture medium by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI-MS/MS)
Mirela B. Coelho, Maria Carolina Rodrigues-Cunha, Christina R. Ferreira, Elaine C. Cabral, Guilherme P. Nogueira, Marcos N. Eberlin, Claudia L. V. Leal and Rosineide C. Simas
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41315B

Supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of lipid A
Yibai Chen, Steven J. Lehotay and Robert A. Moreau
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41344F

Marginal Fisher Analysis-based feature extraction for identification of drug and explosive concealed by body packing
Yanling Li, Ping Liu, Haishun Du, Zhu Li, Jinhuai Liu, Daoyang Yu and Minqiang Li
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40998H

Screening for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes by measuring the acoustic ratio with QCM
George Papadakis and Electra Gizeli
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41143E

Infrared detection of cocaine and street cocaine in saliva with a one-step extraction
Kerstin M.-C. Hans, Matthias Müller, Tigran Petrosyan and Markus W. Sigrist
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41285G

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IEEE Nanotechnology Council Meeting: Nanoengineered Biomedical Devices

11 Oct 2013

Learn. Share. Network.

Annual Fall Meeting IEEE Nanotechnology Council of the SF Bay Area

Tuesday, 19 November 2013 – Santa Clara, CA

Nanoengineered Biomedical Devices

Registration and poster abstract submission here

Join colleagues from industry and academia to learn about frontiers of nanotechnology for medical devices, diagnostics, and biomedical research. This one-day symposium will include internationally recognized speakers, a student poster session, and time for discussions and networking.

Confirmed speakers:

David Deamer, UC Santa Cruz

Erkin Seker, UC Davis

Demir Akin, Stanford School of Medicine

Adam Seger, MagArray, Inc

Mehdi Javanmard, Stanford Genome Tech Ctr

Tom Peyser, Dexcom Inc

Dominik Ziegler, Lawrence-Berkeley & Scubaprobe Inc

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A Global Vision on Nanoparticles

10 Oct 2013

Lopez-Serrano et al., Anal. Methods, 2013

Nanoparticles are broadly defined as particles with at least one external dimension between 1-100 nm. Due to their small scale, the physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles often differ from those of their corresponding bulk material. These extraordinary properties have sparked a great deal of interest in nanoparticles for a wide range of applications, massively increasing their use in consumer products and ultimately their release into the environment. The chemical composition, structure, size, and shape of nanoparticles can significantly impact on environment and health. Analysis and characterisation of nanoparticles is therefore extremely important to understand their potential toxicity.
In their review, Carmen Cámara and colleagues at the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain, highlight the challenges faced by scientists and policy makers in assessing the safety and impact of nanoparticles due to the lack of standardised procedures. According to the authors, the properties that make these novel materials so appealing to industry may also be responsible for enhanced human and environmental toxicity.

The review covers a wide range of topics within nanotoxicology and it is of great interest to anyone looking for a detailed overview of the field. The section on nanoparticle analysis thoroughly describes the uses and pitfalls for the various analytical techniques available and discusses important topics such as nanoparticle extraction/enrichment and size fractionation.

To read the full article, please access the link below. This paper will be free to read until October 29^th.

Nanoparticles: a global vision. Characterization, separation, and quantification methods. Potential environmental and health impact
Ana López-Serrano, Riansares Muñoz Olivas, Jon Sanz Landaluze and Carmen Cámara
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40517F

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Free HOT articles in Analytical Methods

03 Sep 2013

Take a look at the new HOT articles just published in Analytical Methods! These papers will be free for you to read for the next three weeks. Click on the links below:

Bell et al., Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 4591-4601

Quantitation of IgG protein adsorption to gold nanoparticles using particle size measurement
Nia C. Bell, Caterina Minelli and Alexander G. Shard
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4591-4601
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40771C

Label-free fluorometric assay for acetylcholinesterase and inhibitor screening based on supramolecular assemblies
Lan Jia, Jun Pan and Jingxin Zhu
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41007B

Evaluation of the multimetal deposition process for fingermark enhancement in simulated operational environments
Deborah T. Charlton, Stephen M. Bleay and Vaughn G. Sears
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40533H

Imidazolium-modified sulfonated polyetheretherketone for selective isolation of hemoglobin
Gang Zhao, Shuai Chen, Jie Yue and Rong-huan He
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40845K

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Clinical Diagnostics Themed Issue: Submissions Open!

23 Aug 2013

Ahmadrajia and Killard, Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 3612-3625

We are delighted to announce a new Themed Issue of Analytical Methods on

Clinical Diagnostics

The aim of this issue is to highlight important developments and novel applications in spectroscopy, chromatography and metabolomics for clinical diagnostics through the evaluation of analytical data. Guest Edited by Salvador Garrigues and Miguel de la Guardia from the University of Valencia, Spain.

Submission Deadline: 15^th December 2013

Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration; if you would like to contribute a review-type article, we would be happy to discuss with you.
Please indicate in your covering letter that your article is to be considered for the Clinical Diagnostics themed issue. For more information email us at METHODS-RSC@rsc.org

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Analytical Sciences in Brazil Web Themed Issue: Submissions Open!

08 Aug 2013

Analyst and Analytical Methods invites you to submit your next article to a web-themed issue on

“Analytical Sciences in Brazil”

Interdisciplinary analytical science is particularly welcome

Submission deadline: 31st Jan 2014
Articles published online in a web collection

Guest Editors: Boris Mizaikoff, University of Ulm
Ivo M. Raimundo Jr., UNICAMP

Analyst: The home of premier fundamental discoveries, inventions and applications in the analytical and bioanalytical sciences with an Impact Factor of 4.0

Analytical Methods: Publishing early applied demonstrations of new analytical methods with clear societal impact and the fastest growing general analytical journal.

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HOT Articles in Analytical Methods

11 Jul 2013

Take a look at our latest HOT articles just published in Analytical Methods! They will be free to read until August 3^rd. Click on the links below:

Application of free radical diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) to estimate the antioxidant capacity of food samples
Krystyna Pyrzynska and Anna Pękal
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40367J

Applications of voltammetric ion selective electrodes to complex matrices
Alexander R. Harris, Jie Zhang, Robert W. Cattrall and Alan M. Bond
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40769A

Internal standardization in axially viewed inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) combined with pneumatic nebulization and aerosol desolvation
Guilherme Luiz Scheffler and Dirce Pozebon
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40723C

Nanomaterial-based electrochemical detection of explosives: a review of recent developments
Aoife M. O’Mahony and Joseph Wang
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40636A

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Analytical Methods Issue 11 is out now!

16 May 2013

The latest Issue of Analytical Methods is now available online.

Our outside front cover features the interesting work of Kazuto Sazawa and his team from the University of Toyama, Japan. In their paper, the rearchers evaluate the effect of forest fires on soil color using the CIE Lab system, the international standard system for color measurements in food, textiles and plastics. According to this study, the proposed method is useful to evaluate the effect of heat on Indonesian peat soil, forest soil, highmoor peat and peatmoss, and is especially indicated for the evaluation of soil that contains a high ratio of organic matter such as peat soil.

The evaluation of forest fire severity and effect on soil organic matter based on the L*, a*, b* color reading system
Kazuto Sazawa, Takatoshi Wakimoto, Noriko Hata, Shigeru Taguchi, Shunitz Tanaka, Masamoto Tafu and Hideki Kuramitz
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 2660-2665
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY26251K

Also free for your is this paper from the Analyst Advisory Board Member Jill Venton on a new method to detect low concentrations of dopamine, serotonin and adenosine in tissues.

Capillary electrophoresis with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry detection to determine dopamin, serotonin and adenosine

Quantitation of dopamine, serotonin and adenosine content in a tissue punch from a brain slice using capillary electrophoresis with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry detection
Huaifang Fang, Megan L. Pajski, Ashley E. Ross and B. Jill Venton
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 2704-2711
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40222C

In addition, take a look at the two HOT articles below. These papers will be free to read until June 10^th.

Identification of bacteria in drinking water with Raman spectroscopy
Jack van de Vossenberg, Heli Tervahauta, Kees Maquelin, Carola H. W. Blokker-Koopmans, Marijan Uytewaal-Aarts, Dick van der Kooij, Annemarie P. van Wezel and Bram van der Gaag
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 2679-2687
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40289D

Protein–polyphenol interaction on silica beads for astringency tests based on eye, photography or reflectance detection modes
J. Rafaela L. Guerreiro, Duncan S. Sutherland, Victor De Freitas and M. Goreti F. Sales
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 2694-2703
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY26478E

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