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Keeping lipstick evidence in the bag

14 Aug 2013

A new study shows it is possible to distinguish between types of lipstick on crime scene evidence without needing to remove it from the evidence bag, helping forensic scientists avoid sample contamination or destruction.

Lipstick marks can link someone to a crime scene. They can also establish physical contact between individuals for cases of violent crime.

Current forensic lipstick analysis relies on techniques such as microspectrophotometry, high performance liquid chromatography and energy dispersive x-ray analysis. These techniques, however, are not ideal for forensic investigations as they are either destructive or require a level of human opinion.

To read the full article, please visit Chemistry World.

Application of Raman Spectroscopy for the Differentiation of Lipstick Traces
Fatma Salahioglu, Michael J. Went and Stuart J. Gibson
Anal. Methods, 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41274A

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HOT Articles in Analytical Methods

13 Aug 2013

By Aliya Anwar.

Take a look below at the new HOT Articles just published in Analytical Methods. All these papers are free for you to read for the next three weeks.

A novel gold nanorod-based spectrographic method for evaluating the curcumin inhibitory action on HepG2 cells
Yanjuan Tang, Guimin Sun, Jiye Cai and Peihui Yang
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40249E

Rapid determination of preliminary thalassaemia screening indicators based on near-infrared spectroscopy with wavelength selection stability
Tao Pan, Jinming Liu, Jiemei Chen, Guopeng Zhang and Yan Zhao
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4355-4362
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40732B

A novel test strip for toxicity assessment using luminescent bacteria in hydrogel
Xiaodong Nie, Jinling Zhang, Xiran Jiang, Sixiu Liu, Haisong Cui, Pengyuan Yang and Guodong Sui
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4386-4390
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40766G

Classification of Raman spectra of single cells with autofluorescence suppression by wavelength modulated excitation
Sebastian Dochow, Norbert Bergner, Christoph Krafft, Joachim Clement, Michael Mazilu, Bavishna B. Praveen, Praveen C. Ashok, Rob Marchington, Kishan Dholakia and Jürgen Popp
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40193F

Development and optimization of an ELISA based method to detect Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157 in fresh vegetables
Marina Cavaiuolo, Spiros Paramithiotis, Eleftherios H. Drosinos and Antonio Ferrante
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40893K

Preliminary studies into the effect of environmental degradation on the characterisation of automotive clear coats by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy
Georgina Sauzier, Mark Maric, Wilhelm van Bronswijk and Simon W. Lewis
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40458G

An emergent optimal precision in chemical measurement at low concentrations
Michael Thompson
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4518-4519
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40557E

Effect of hydrogen peroxide oxidation systems on human urinary steroid profiles
Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambila and Shanlin Fu*a
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4402-4408
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40181B

Dynamic solid phase microextraction analysis for airborne methamphetamine: quantitation using isotopically substituted methamphetamine
Elizabeth J. McKenzie, Gordon M. Miskelly and Paul A. G. Butler
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 4391-4396
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40536B

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Analytical Sciences in Brazil Web Themed Issue: Submissions Open!

08 Aug 2013

By Paola Quattroni, Development Editor.

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

25 Jul 2013

By Aliya Anwar.

Take a look below at the new HOT Articles just published in Analytical Methods. They will be free to read until August 16th. Enjoy!

Detection of drugs in latent fingermarks by mass spectrometric methods
Angelina Yimei Lim, Frederick Rowell, Cheryl Grace Elumbaring-Salazar, Jason Lokee and Jan Maa
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40538A

Mobile Raman spectroscopy analysis of ancient enamelled glass masterpieces
Maria Cristina Caggiani, Philippe Colomban, Claire Valotteau, Annarosa Mangone and Pierre Cambon
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40648B

Platinum nanoflower-based catalysts for an enzyme-free electrochemical immunoassay of neuron-specific enolase
Xiaohong Fu, Rong Huang, Jiexue Wang and Xueru Feng
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40844B

Recent developments in electromembrane extraction
Astrid Gjelstad and Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40547H

Rapid determination of trace sulfonamides in fish by graphene-based SPE coupled with UPLC/MS/MS
Linyao Chen, Tao Zhou, Yanping Zhang and Yanbin Lu
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40523K

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Protein analysis unlocks museum mysteries

23 Jul 2013

By Aliya Anwar.

Animal soft tissues feature regularly in cultural artefacts but it can be difficult to pinpoint their origin. Visual identification of these tissues relies on the skill of the examiner and the condition of the material. Analytical techniques, like gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, can detect and broadly classify proteins but give no answers as to their source. Precise identification of the sinews used for stitching is often impossible. Now, researchers in the US and UK have shown that peptide mass fingerprinting can be used to determine the animal species of collagen-based materials in a diverse range of museum objects.

Peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) uses enzymes to digest proteins to produce a mixture of peptides. The mass spectrum of this mixture will have characteristic marker ions – called a peptide mass fingerprint – which are compared to a database of species-specific markers to identify the proteins.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, #69-30-10/1619 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, US

To read the full article please visit Chemistry World.

Identification of collagen-based materials in cultural heritage
Daniel P. Kirby, Michael Buckley, Ellen Promise, Sunia A. Traugerd and T. Rose Holdcraft
Analyst, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00925D

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HOT Articles in Analytical Methods

11 Jul 2013

By Paola Quattroni, Development Editor.

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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Improving Drug Detection in Blood

25 Jun 2013

By Polly-Anna Ashford.

Polly-Anna Ashford is a guest web writer for Analytical Methods. She is currently a PhD student at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Mass spectral analysis of blood samples

Analysing blood samples for the presence of legal and illegal drugs can present a challenge to forensic scientists; blood is a complex matrix which requires cleaning up before analysis, and the standard tests tend to be specific to a single drug or drug class.

Lambert Sørensen and Jørgen Hasselstrøm from the Department of Forensic Medicine at Aarhus University, Denmark, have developed a rapid method for quantification of around 50 drugs and metabolites in whole blood samples. The process uses ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS/MS) and shows low limits of detection even with post-mortem blood samples, which are more difficult to analyse due to varying degrees of putrefaction.

The simple sample preparation procedure involves deproteinisation by methanol/acetonitrile and ultrafiltration of the extract, and the researchers used a 96-well format to obtain high sample throughput.

To know more, access the link below. This paper will be free to read for the next 10 days.

A high-throughput multi-class liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for quantitative determination of licit and illicit drugs in whole blood
Lambert K. Sørensen* and Jørgen B. Hasselstrøm
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 3185-3193
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40443A

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HOT Articles in Analytical Methods!

25 Jun 2013

By Aliya Anwar.

Take a look at our selected HOT Articles just published in Analytical Methods! They are all free for you to read until July 15th. Have a read now!

Time domain nuclear magnetic resonance: a key complementary technique for the forensic differentiation of foam traces
Michele Mauri, Murali Krishna Dibbanti, Matteo Calzavara, Lucio Mauri, Roberto Simonutti and Valerio Causin
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40330K

Discrimination of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) affected oral tissues from healthy oral tissues using multivariate analysis of in vivo fluorescence spectroscopic data: A simple and fast procedure for OSF diagnosis
Keshav Kumar, S. Sivabalan, S. Ganesan and Ashok Kumar Mishra
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40352A

Rapid electrochemical detection of ferulic acid based on a graphene modified glass carbon electrode
Yanli Zhang, Yanpei Liu, Zhongming Yang, Yingcai Yang, Pengfei Pang, Yuntao Gao and Qiufen Hu
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40084K

Evaluation of a new passive sampler using hydrophobic zeolites as adsorbents for exposure measurement of indoor BTX
Zhengjian Du, Jinhan Mo, Yinping Zhang, Xinxiao Li and Qiujian Xu
Anal. Methods, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40600H

Electrochemical biosensing platform based on a hemocyanin–Au@QC NP–carbon black hybrid nano-composite film
Peng Yang, Jun You, Fangping Li, Junjie Fei, Bo Feng, Xiulan He and Jinping Zhou
Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 3168-3171
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY40654G

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Analytical Methods Impact Factor rises to 1.9

20 Jun 2013

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

We are delighted to announce that our Impact Factor* has risen to 1.9!

Analytical Methods continues to grow, and remains the the place to publish exciting research on early applied demonstrations of new analytical methods with clear societal impact. The journal focuses on the advancement of analytical technologies for wider application by the international scientific community. Areas covered include developments within the fields of healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biomedical diagnostics, environmental and forensic analysis, heritage science, agricultural science and food products, industrial process development and product validation.

The Editorial Office thanks all of our Board members, authors and readers for their continued support.

We invite you to submit your latest piece of research here.

*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years. Data based on 2012 Journal Citation Reports^®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013).

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