Archive for November, 2012

HOT articles in JAAS this November

Take a look below at some wonderful HOT articles we’ve recently published this month in JAAS. There are papers covering a large variety of fields, including analysis of meteorites, archaeometry, isotope dilution mass spectrometry and Rembrandt oil paintings!  These HOT papers will be free to read for two weeks.

Statistical bias in isotope ratios
Christopher D. Coath ,  Robert C. J. Steele and W. Fred Lunnon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA10205F

High precision Mg isotope measurements of meteoritic samples by secondary ion mass spectrometry
Tu-Han Luu ,  Marc Chaussidon ,  Ritesh Kumar Mishra ,  Claire Rollion-Bard ,  Johan Villeneuve ,  Gopalan Srinivasan and Jean-Louis Birck
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30187C

Investigation at the nanometre scale on the corrosion mechanisms of archaeological ferrous artefacts by STXM
A. Michelin ,  E. Drouet ,  E. Foy ,  J. J. Dynes ,  D. Neff and P. Dillmann
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30250K

Revealing hidden paint layers in oil paintings by means of scanning macro-XRF: a mock-up study based on Rembrandt’s “An old man in military costume”
Matthias Alfeld ,  Wout De Nolf ,  Simone Cagno ,  Karen Appel ,  D. Peter Siddons ,  Anthony Kuczewski ,  Koen Janssens ,  Joris Dik ,  Karen Trentelman ,  Marc Walton and Andrea Sartorius
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30119A

Accurate determination of S in organic matrices using isotope dilution ICP-MS/MS
Lieve Balcaen ,  Glenn Woods ,  Martín Resano and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30265A

A prototype of a new inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometer providing temporally resolved, multi-element detection of short signals generated by single particles and droplets
Olga Borovinskaya ,  Bodo Hattendorf ,  Martin Tanner ,  Sabrina Gschwind and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30227F

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JAAS Issue 12 now online

Outside front cover, JAAS, 2012, Issue 12For our twelfth issue of 2012 we have two exciting covers for your interest. The outside front cover comes from Richard E. Russo at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and colleagues from the US and China who have been using laser ablation to study coal samples. The chemical composition of coal is important for optimizing boiler controls at power plants.

Time-resolved LIBS of atomic and molecular carbon from coal in air, argon and helium
Meirong Dong, Xianglei Mao, Jhanis J. Gonzalez, Jidong Lu and Richard E. Russo
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 2066-2075
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30222E

Inside front cover, JAAS, 2012, Issue 12On the inside front cover we feature work from Angela Vasilescu from the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Bucharest, who with colleagues from Romania, Italy and Germany have been studying archaeological gold items.
Their work is part of the web themed collection on Analytical atomic spectrometry in Central and Eastern Europe.

Studies on archaeological gold items found in Romanian territory using X-Ray-based analytical spectrometry
Bogdan Constantinescu, Angela Vasilescu, Daniela Stan, Martin Radtke, Uwe Reinholz, Günter Buzanich, Daniele Ceccato and Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 2076-2081
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30158J

Ortega et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 2054Issue 12 also has a tutorial review from Richard Ortega and colleagues on the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy with biological samples. Click on the link below to read more.

X-ray absorption spectroscopy of biological samples. A tutorial
Richard Ortega, Asuncion Carmona, Isabelle Llorens and Pier Lorenzo Solari
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 2054-2065
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30224A

The cover articles will be free to read for 6 weeks, the review will be free to read for a fortnight. We hope you enjoy this latest issue of JAAS.

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The 11th Chinese Analytical Chemistry Annual Meeting Held in Qingdao

The 11th Chinese Analytical Chemistry Annual Meeting was held on October 26-29, 2012, at Qingdao International Convention Center. This is the most important professional meeting on Analytical Chemistry in China, which is held once every three years. The meeting was sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society, the Chinese Spectroscopy Society and the Geological Society of China, and was organized by Qingdao University of Science & Technology and Linyi University.

The Chairman was Prof. Erkang Wang (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS), and the Vice Chairmen were Prof. Hongyuan Chen (Academician of CAS), Prof. Zhifang Chai (Academician of CAS), Prof. Ruqin Yu (Academician of CAS), Prof. Shouzhuo Yao (Academician of CAS), Prof. Jincai Zhao (Academician of CAS), Prof. Yukui Zhang (Academician of CAS), Prof. Guibin Jiang (Academician of CAS), Prof. Shaojun Dong (Academician of CAS), Prof. Guofang Pang (Academician of CAS). The Symposium Science Committee was composed of 108 professors. The Organizing Committee was chaired by Prof. Kui Jiao, and the Vice Chairmen were Prof. Qiankun Zhuang, Prof. Xiurong Yang, Prof. Hangting Chen, and Prof. Shusheng Zhang.

More than 1500 people from 200 units including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Chinese Academy of Sciences, various universities and companies attended the meeting. The meeting comprised 1148 papers and 232 poster presentations. There were 9 different sessions: Atomic Spectroscopy, Molecular Spectroscopy and Spectrum Analysis, Electroanalysis, Nanoscience-based Analysis, Biochemistry Analysis, Chromatography, New Analytical Instruments, Youth Forum and National Fund Forum. The meeting accommodated 13 plenary lectures, 219 invited lectures and 104 oral presentations. This conference has provided an opportunity for the academic exchange, and will promote the development of Analytical Chemistry in China.

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