Archive for January, 2011

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JAAS Anniversary Symposium videos online

The video of JAAS’ 25th Anniversary Symposium is now available online!

Find out which of our Advisory Board members likes simple and elegant solutions, who is learning to fly, how analytical science has developed in China in recent years and who it is that needs no introduction (and hear about some good science of course).  Take a look and do post your comments below.

You might also like to read our Editorial from Zhaochu Hu, China University of Geosciences, reporting on his experience of the symposium.

Editorial: A Successful JAAS 25th Anniversary Symposium
Zhaochu Hu
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA90040K

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Most-read JAAS articles in December

The most popular JAAS articles in December

Read five of the most-read papers in December 2010 here:

E. Hywel Evans, John B. Dawson, Andrew Fisher, Steve J. Hill, W. John Price, Clare M. M. Smith, Karen L. Sutton and Julian F. Tyson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001, 16, 672-711
DOI: 10.1039/B103584N

Søren Husted, Daniel P. Persson, Kristian H. Laursen, Thomas H. Hansen, Pai Pedas, Michaela Schiller, Josefine N. Hegelund and Jan K. Schjoerring, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 52-79
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00058B
 
Thomas Pettke, Felix Oberli, Andreas Audétat, Uwe Wiechert, Caroline R. Harris and Christoph A. Heinrich, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00140F
 
Kevin Ashley, Ronnee N. Andrews, Laura Cavazos and Martine Demange, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001, 16, 1147-1153
DOI: 10.1039/B102027G
 
Marilena D’Amato, Federica Aureli, Silvia Ciardullo, Andrea Raggi and Francesco Cubadda, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 207-213
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00125B
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RSC Prizes and Awards – only 11 days left to nominate!

Make your nominations!

Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to advancing the chemical sciences?

Our Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. Winners receive up to £5000 and a medal or inscribed memento.

Showcase inspiring science and gain the recognition deserved: nominate yourself or a colleague.

Nomination categories include:

Nominations close 31 January 2011

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JAAS News is now on Twitter!

Follow us at www.twitter.com/jaasnews and tweet @JAASNews

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HOT article: nuclear forensics

Doucet et al. tackle the challenges of creating field portable technologies

In a JAAS paper highlighted by Chemistry World, François Doucet and colleagues have combined LIBS with chemometrics to design a portable forensic device to detect nuclear isotopes intended for use in weapons.  The method has been miniaturised without compromising its sensitivity, making it suitable for use by nuclear safeguard inspectors travelling the world.

Read Rebecca Brodie’s full news article online, or access the full paper:

Determination of isotope ratios using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in ambient air at atmospheric pressure for nuclear forensics
François R. Doucet, Gregg Lithgow, Rick Kosierb, Paul Bouchard and Mohamad Sabsabi, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011
DOI: 10.1039/c0ja00199

Don’t forget you can share your thoughts on this paper below.  Or perhaps you’d like to say something more generally about nuclear isotope detection or the field of miniaturisation.  Either way, please post your comments below: we look forward to hearing from you!

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JAAS themed issue for 2011 European Winter Conference

European Winter Conference 2011JAAS will be publishing a themed issue from the upcoming European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, and if you are presenting your work at the conference, we would like to invite you to submit an article for the issue.

Articles can be submitted through the journal website, and the submission deadline for this issue is 25th February.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me in the Editorial office.  We will also have an Exhbition stand at the Conference (Stand number 30), so please do drop by if you’d like discuss any aspect of publishing in JAAS.

Also, take a look at the great articles published in the themed issue from the 2010 Winter Conference, now available online.

I look forward to seeing you all in Zaragoza!

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First Chinese Atomic Spectroscopy Committee Elected

(Na Na) The first Atomic Spectroscopy Committee of China was elected at the recent 2010 APWC held in ChengDu, China. More than 50 scientists from domestic and international participated in this event.  Secretary general Changkuan Liu announced the establishment of Atomic Spectroscopy Committee of China. Prof. Benli Huang and Prof. Yukui Zhang, Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), enthusiastically delivered the congratulation speeches.

The committee includes 34 scientists: Prof. Benli Huang (Academician of CAS, Xiamen University), Prof. Yukui Zhang (Academician of CAS, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics), and Prof. Zhifang Chai (Academician of CAS, Institute of High Energy Physics) as the advisory members; Chairman, Prof. Guibin Jiang (Academician of CAS, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences); Vice Chairmen, Prof. Bin Hu (Wuhan University), Prof. Xiandeng Hou (Sichuan University), Prof. Jianhua Wang (Northeastern University), Prof. Qiuquan Wang (Xiamen University), Prof. Xiuping Yan (Nankai University), Prof. Pengyuan Yang (Fudan University), and Prof. Xinrong Zhang (Tsinghua University).

During the conference, Prof. Guibin Jiang presented a report “Analytical Atomic Spectrometry in China – Past, Present and Future”. Prof. Zhifang Chai, Prof. Pengyuan Yang, Prof. Xiuping Yan and Prof. Xiandeng Hou were invited to give 20 min lectures on selected topics. These reports fostered active discussion, and they believed the future of atomic spectrometry in China will be promising.

First Atomic Spectroscopy Committee of China

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Most-read JAAS articles in November

The most popular JAAS articles in November

Read five of the most-read papers in November 2010 here:

 

Philip J. Potts, Andrew T. Ellis, Peter Kregsamer, Christina Streli, Christine Vanhoof, Margaret West and Peter Wobrauschek, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2005, 20, 1124-1154
DOI: 10.1039/B511542F
 
Christine Austin, Dominic Hare, Tristan Rawling, Andrew M. McDonagh and Philip Doble, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 722-725
DOI: 10.1039/B911316A
 
Andy Fisher, Phill S. Goodall, Michael W. Hinds, Simon M. Nelms and Denise M. Penny, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2003, 18, 1497-1528
DOI: 10.1039/B314153P
 
E. Hywel Evans, Jason A. Day, Christopher Palmer and Clare M. M. Smith, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 760-784
DOI: 10.1039/C005211F
 
Kazumi Inagaki, Shin-ichiro Fujii, Akiko Takatsu and Koichi Chiba, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00128G

 

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2010 APWC Manuscripts due to JAAS January 5,2011

JAAS will be publishing a conference-themed issue around the 2010 Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry.

(From the ED): Articles can be submitted by uploading your files through the submission website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ja). Please indicate in your covering letter that your article is intended for the APWC 2010 issue.  Articles submitted for the themed issue will follow the usual peer review process and will be published as Advance Articles online as soon as they are ready. The conference issue will be published in spring 2011. Corresponding authors of all accepted manuscripts will receive a copy of the printed issue and a PDF file of their article so that they can produce reprints. Please contact me at jaas-rsc@rsc.org if you have any questions about the submission of articles to JAAS, either for this special compilation or a regular issue.

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