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The Second Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium of China Held in Shenyang

29 Aug 2012

The Second Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium of China was held on Aug, 19-21, at Shenyang, Liaoning, China. It was organized by Northeastern University, which was sponsored by The Atomic Spectroscopy Professional Committee of China Instrument and Control Society. More than 100 people from 44 units including National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), various universities and companies attended the symposium.

The symposium was organized by Prof. Jianhua Wang from Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Northeastern University. The Chairman was Prof. Guibin Jiang (Academician of CAS, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences), and the Vice Chairmen were Prof. Qiankun Zhuang, Prof. Xinrong Zhang, Prof. Pengyuan Yang, Prof. Xiuping Yan, Prof. Bin Hu, Prof. Xiandeng Hou, Prof. Jianhua Wang and Prof. Qiuquan Wang. Prof. Qiuquan Wang chaired the opening ceremony, and Prof. Liang Zuo (Vice President of Northeastern University) gave an opening speech. In addition, Prof. Qiankun Zhuang (The Director of Analytical Chemistry, NSFC) and Prof. Pengyuan Yang (Fudan Univeristy) gave speeches at the opening ceremony.

There were 3 plenary lectures imparted by Prof. Benli Huang (Academician of CAS, Xiamen University), Prof. Guibin Jiang (Academician of CAS) and Prof. Qiankun Zhuang. The symposium included 8 sessions, 23 invited lectures, 17 oral presentations and 35 poster presentations. This is an important professional symposium on atomic spectroscopy in China, which provided an opportunity for the academic exchange and will promote the development of atomic spectroscopy in China.

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HOT article: Arsenic speciation analysis

22 Aug 2012

Dědina et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article

In a step towards determining impurities in pharmaceutical compounds, Jiří Dědina from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR, Czech Republic, and colleagues from the Czech Republic and Brazil have used hydride generation-cryotrapping-gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectrometry for arsenic speciation analysis in an injectable drug. In this case they have tested N-methylglucamine antimonate, a drug used in the treatment of Leishmaniasis, a disease caused by protozoan parasites transmitted through the bite of sandflies. Read more about this important research by clicking on the link below, the paper will be free to read for 2 weeks.

Selective generation of substituted arsines-cryotrapping-atomic absorption spectrometry for arsenic speciation analysis in N-methylglucamine antimonate
Diogo P. Moraes, Milan Svoboda, Tomáš Matoušek, Erico M. M. Flores and Jiří Dědina
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30164D

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JAAS Issue 9 now online

10 Aug 2012

Musil et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1382

This month’s issue of JAAS is now online for you to read. We have two interesting covers this month. On the outside front cover is an image from the Czech republic. Stanislav Musil and colleagues from The Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR, Brno, have successfully formed a collection of volatile silver species for the first time. This substantially improves the analytical performance of a previously reported on-line atomization procedure.

In situ collection of volatile silver species in a new modular quartz tube atomizer for atomic absorption spectrometry
Stanislav Musil, Jan Kratzer, Miloslav Vobecký and Tomáš Matoušek
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1382-1390
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30112A

Huyskens et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1439

On the inside we have an image from The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The analysis of Pb isotopes is used in several fields, including ore formation studies, environmental studies and U–Pb geochronology. But sample sizes can also be very small, making precise measurements difficult. One method to compensate for this, is adding silicagel as an ionisation activator for Pb isotopic analysis. Magdalena H. Huyskens, Tsuyoshi Iizuka and Yuri Amelin have run a series of tests, comparing three commercially available colloidal silicagels

Evaluation of colloidal silicagels for lead isotopic measurements using thermal ionisation mass spectrometry
Magdalena H. Huyskens, Tsuyoshi Iizuka and Yuri Amelin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1439-1446
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30083D

These two cover articles will be free to read for 6 weeks, so click through and take a look.

We have a tutorial review from Douglas C. Baxter, Ilia Rodushkin and Emma Engström from ALS Scandinavia in Sweden who looked at the fundamental aspects of isotope abundance ratio measurements by ICP-SFMS.

Isotope abundance ratio measurements by inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry
Douglas C. Baxter, Ilia Rodushkin and Emma Engström
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1355-1381
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30153A

We also have a number of HOT articles in this month’s issue on topics as varied as crude oil analysis, neodymium isotopes, and environmental sample analysis. These papers will be free to read for 2 weeks.

Improving the analytical performances of ICP-AES by using a high-temperature single-pass spray chamber and segmented-injections micro-sample introduction for the analysis of environmental samples
Francisco Ardini, Marco Grotti, Raquel Sánchez and José Luis Todolí
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1400-1404
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30152K

A fit-for purpose procedure for lead isotopic ratio determination in crude oil, asphaltene and kerogen samples by MC-ICPMS
Georgia Sanabria Ortega, Christophe Pécheyran, Sylvain Bérail and Olivier F. X. Donard
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1447-1456
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30143A

High-precision and accurate determinations of neodymium isotopic compositions at nanogram levels in natural materials by MC-ICP-MS
Kuo-Fang Huang, Jerzy Blusztajn, Delia W. Oppo, William B. Curry and Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1560-1567
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30123G

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HOT articles in JAAS

03 Aug 2012

We’ve already had some great HOT articles this month in JAAS, and we’re only in week 1! Take a look below at some of the great science we’ve published so far. The papers will be free to read for 2 weeks.

The analysis of environmental samples by ICP-AES was improved by a collaborative team from Italy and Spain.

A group working in Shanghai, China, has been looking at zinc-containing steelmaking waste, and ways at better dealing with it.

Quantitative Zn speciation in zinc-containing steelmaking wastes by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Lihua Wang, Xiaoming Lu, Xiangjun Wei, Zheng Jiang, Songqi Gu, Qian Gao and Yuying Huang
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30094J

This tutorial reviews fundamental aspects of isotope abundance ratio measurement by inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry.

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JAAS Poster Prize: Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium

03 Aug 2012

We are pleased to announce that the JAAS Poster Prize from the recent BNASS meeting on Clinical, Environmental and Nutritional Investigations of Trace Elements and Human Health has been awarded to Gillian Lord from the University of Surrey. This was a joint meeting from the RSC Atomic Spectroscopy Group and the Southern Region of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and was held at the University of Surrey on July 4th, 2012.

JAAS Poster Prize Winner: Gillian Lord

Gillian is currently studying towards a PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Surrey, UK, with the principal aim of looking at water quality in relation to human health. Her research began in New Zealand through a collaborative project with Waikato Regional Council in Hamilton, to evaluate the levels of arsenic and other trace elements in geothermal waters of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Particularly, the levels of arsenic species through the application of a novel field based technology, developed at the University Surrey, to separate the four predominant arsenic species in water at sample collection. This research highlighted a potential risk of arsenic exposure through bathing in geothermal pools containing high levels of arsenic in the form of the more toxic inorganic arsenic species. Since then her research has expanded to Argentina, working closely with two towns in the province of Santa Fe, to evaluate water quality, namely the levels of arsenic, selenium and other trace elements, in relation to local health problems, including diabetes, obesity, cancers and behavioural difficulties.

Congratulations to Gillian for her winning poster!

You may like to take a look at recently published papers in JAAS on similar topics, including the latest Atomic Spectrometry Update. These papers will be free to read for 2 weeks.

Atomic spectrometry update. Clinical and biological materials, foods and beverages
Andrew Taylor, Martin P. Day, John Marshall, Marina Patriarca and Mark White
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 537-576
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA90005J

Advantages and limitations of a desolvation system coupled online to HPLC-ICPqMS/ES-MS for the quantitative determination of sulfur and arsenic in arseno-peptide complexes
Katharina Bluemlein, Eva M. Krupp and Jörg Feldmann
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24, 108-113
DOI: 10.1039/B811600H

Liquid-phase microextraction as an attractive tool for multielement trace analysis in combination with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry: an example of simultaneous determination of Fe, Co, Zn, Ga, Se and Pb in water samples
Rafal Sitko, Karina Kocot, Beata Zawisza, Barbara Feist and Katarzyna Pytlakowska
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1979-1985
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10143A

Trace elements in human follicular fluid: development of a sensitive multielement ICP-MS method for use in biomonitoring studies
Pamela C. Kruger, Michael S. Bloom, John G. Arnason, Christopher D. Palmer, Victor Y. Fujimoto and Patrick J. Parsons
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1245-1253
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30053B

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Themed issue 5th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference (2012 APWC)

03 Aug 2012

Will you be joining us in Jeju later this month?

If so, on behalf of the organisers and JAAS Editorial Board, we would like to invite you to submit an article for a themed issue in JAAS, on your work presented at the conference.

The submission deadline for the issue will be 1^st October 2012, and the issue will be published online and in print in spring 2013. All authors will receive a PDF of their article and a print copy of this issue when it is published.

We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes for consideration in the issue, and all articles will be subject to the usual high standards of the journal through peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, then please do not hesitate to contact me by email. We will also have an Exhibition stand at the conference, so please do drop by and see me!

Articles should be submitted through the JAAS website, and we kindly ask all authors to indicate in their covering letter that their article is for consideration in the APWC 2012 issue. Further details about what we have to look forward to can be found on the conference website.

2012 Asia-Pacific Winter Conference (2012 APWC), Jeju Island, South Korea
August 26th-29th 2012

The 2012 APWC will feature developments in spectrochemical analysis by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), AAS, GFAAS, various plasma sources, laser sources (LIBS, laser ablation) and chromatography. More than 200 scientists are expected with over 300 papers on modern plasma spectrochemistry . A three-day exhibition will feature new plasma instrumentation and many supporting products.

Take a look at some of the papers published in the themed issue from the 2010 Asia Pacific Winter Conference, held in Chengdu, China!

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Archive for August, 2012

The Second Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium of China Held in Shenyang

HOT article: Arsenic speciation analysis

JAAS Issue 9 now online

Top Ten most-read JAAS articles in June

HOT articles in JAAS

JAAS Poster Prize: Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium

Themed issue 5th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference (2012 APWC)

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