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Welcome to issue 1 of JAAS 2013!

07 Dec 2012

The first issue of JAAS for 2013 is finally online!

To start with, our editorial from the JAAS Editor May Copsey and the Chair of JAAS Editorial Board Frank Vanhaecke, summaries the great success of JAAS in promoting the most recent advances in the field of atomic and elemental analytical techniques in a wide range of applications.

Alfeld et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 40-51

Then we have these new interesting covers for you to enjoy the beginning of the year.

The Rembrandt painting “An old man in military costume”, from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, features the outside front cover of this issue. Matthias Wilhelm Alfeld and his group from the University of Antwerp created a “free impression” of a previously discovered hidden portrait, by using a mobile X-ray tube based system and two synchrotron-based setups. The full-scale mock-up of the painting obtained reproduces as closely as possible the pigments and the stratigraphy of the original painting.

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, 28, 40-51
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30119A

Luu et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 67-76

Our inside front cover comes from the work of Tu-Hann Luu end co-workers, from the Sorbonne University, Paris. This study reports a detailed analytical method for high precision in situ Mg isotopic measurements, which can be applied to meteoritic samples to precisely define their period of formation.

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, 28, 67-76
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30187C

And now, take a look at these selected HOT articles for you, free to read until December 21st:

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, 28, 33-39
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30265A

Statistical bias in isotope ratios
Christopher D. Coath, Robert C. J. Steele and W. Fred Lunnon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 52-58
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA10205F

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, 28, 59-66
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30250K

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HOT articles in JAAS this November

29 Nov 2012

By Hannah Porter, Publishing Assistant.

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

14 Nov 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

For 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

On 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

Issue 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

02 Nov 2012

By Nana.

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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SCIX 2012

29 Oct 2012

By Carsten Engelhard.

ACS/RSC session organizers and speakers in the atomic section (from right to left): Dr. May Copsey, Dr. Niamh O'Connor, Prof. Barry Sharp, Prof. Gunda Köllensperger, Dr. Erin Simonds, Prof. Detlef Günther, Prof. Joseph Caruso, and Dr. David Koppenaal.

The SCIX 2012 conference* was held on September 30 – October 5, 2012, in Kansas City, MO, USA. The meeting covered all aspects of analytical chemistry and over 730 papers were presented in ~100 symposia and 5 poster sessions. More than 900 attendees enjoyed plenary and award lectures by distinguished experts, a large exhibition, and several exiting evening events. Kansas City offered a lot of opportunities for scientific exchange, networking, and good food including barbecue and steak.

The atomic section of SCIX was strong this year with a total of 12 sessions. A highlight in program were two sessions organized by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) on the “current status of the analytical sciences: focus on human health”. Thanks to the organizers (editor of the analytical journals at RSC Dr. May Copsey, publisher Dr. Niamh O’Connor, and Chair of the ACS Analytical Division and member of the JAAS advisory board Dr. David Koppenaal), experts in the field accepted the invitation to Kansas City and presented their latest results in health-related research (see below for a list of recent publications). Topics included e.g. elemental mass spectrometry in the clinic, in vivo diagnostics, biomedical applications, the fate of nanoparticles, and single cell analysis by mass cytometry. These sessions were supported by ACS, RSC, JAAS, and Metallomics.

ACS/RSC session organizers and speakers in the biomedical section (from left to right): Dr. John Chalmers, Prof. Susan Lunte, Dr. May Copsey, Prof. Dana Spence, Prof. Christy Haynes, Prof. Duncan Graham, and Prof. Nick Stone.

The FACSS Innovation Award was presented to Prof. Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, for the advancement of infrared microscopy instrumentation by theory and computation. Also, JAAS editorial board member Prof. Gary M. Hieftje received an ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award. JAAS advisory board member Prof. Ralph Sturgeon was awarded the 2012 Lester W. Strock Award. Reports on the award sessions will follow in a separate blog entry.

It is also important to acknowledge the work of young investigators. This years SAS Student Poster Award recipients are:
Changqi Xu; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry (Micro-Raman Spectroscopy to Evaluate the Effect of Oral Cancer Radiotherapy on Tooth Chemical Structure);
Joseph Swanstrom, Univ. of South Carolina (Measuring Phytoplankton Community Structure via Fluorescence Imaging Multivariate Optical Computing);
Andrew Storey; Indiana University (Glow Discharge Imaging Spectrometry with a Tilting Interference-Filter Spectrometer);
Kevin P. Pfeuffer, Indiana University (Development and Characterization of a New Concentric-Geometry Flowing Atmospheric Pressure Afterglow).

Congratulations! See the SCIX website for a complete list of the 2012 award recipients.

Speakers in the session on new plasmas and new instrumentation (from right to left): Dr. Kim Marshall, Dr. Kaori Shigeta, Prof. Naoki Furuta, Dr. Lothar Rottmann, Prof. Jeffrey Hopwood, and Dr. Carsten Engelhard (organizer).

If you attended the conference and would like to share your experience, please leave a comment below.

Mark your calendars for the next meeting:
SCIX 2013 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee and Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, WI, USA, September 29 – October 4, 2013.

See you there!
Carsten Engelhard, 2012 Program Section Chair Atomic Spectroscopy

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* SCIX – for the great SCIentific eXchange – was presented by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS). SCIX 2012 was the 39th annual North American Meeting of FACSS, the 51st National Meeting for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and the Main National Meeting for the Coblentz Society.

Take a look at some recent publications of the ACS/RSC session speakers:

Kansas City skyline

Persistence of engineered nanoparticles in a municipal solid-waste incineration plant, T. Walser, L. K. Limbach, R. Brogioli, E. Erismann, L. Flamigni, B. Hattendorf, M. Juchli, F. Krumeich, Ch. Ludwig, K. Prikopsky, M. Rossier, D. Saner, A. Sigg, St. Hellweg, D. Günther, W. J. Stark.
Nature Nanotechnology, 2012, 7, 520-524. DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.64

Detection of metals and metalloproteins in the plasma of stroke patients by mass spectrometry methods, P. Kodali , K. R. Chitta , J. A. Landero Figueroa , J. A. Caruso and O. Adeoye,
Metallomics, 2012, 4, 1077-1087. DOI: 10.1039/C2MT20092A

Speciation of Oxaliplatin Adducts with DNA Nucleotides, A. Zayed, G. D. D. Jones, H. J. Reid, T. Shoeib, S. E. Taylor, A. L. Thomas, J. P. Wood, B. L. Sharp,
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 991-1000. DOI: 10.1039/c1mt00041a.

Quantitative determination of intact free cisplatin in cell models by LC-ICP-MS, T. Falta , P. Heffeter , A. Mohamed , W. Berger , S. Hann and G. Koellensperger,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 109-115. DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00047G

Multiplexed mass cytometry profiling of cellular states perturbed by small-molecule regulators, B. Bodenmiller, E. R. Zunder, R. Finck, T. J. Chen, E. S. Savig, R. V. Bruggner, E. F. Simonds, S. C. Bendall, K. Sachs, P. O. Krutzik, G. P. Nolan,
Nature Biotechnology, 2012, 30, 858-867. DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2317

Examining changes in cellular communication in neuroendocrine cells after noble metal nanoparticle exposure, S. A. Love, Z. Liu and C. L. Haynes,
Analyst, 2012, 137, 3004-3010. DOI: 10.1039/C2AN00034B

Detection of SERS active labelled DNA based on surface affinity to silver nanoparticles, M. M. Harper, J. A. Dougan, N. C. Shand, D. Graham and K. Faulds,
Analyst, 2012, 137, 2063-2068. DOI: 10.1039/C2AN35112A

Towards a safe non-invasive method for evaluating the carbonate substitution levels of hydroxyapatite (HAP) in micro-calcifications found in breast tissue, M. M. Kerssens, P. Matousek, K. Rogers and N. Stone,
Analyst, 2010, 135, 3156-3161. DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00565G

Monitoring intracellular nitric oxide production using microchip electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence detection, E. R. Mainz, D. B. Gunasekara, G. Caruso, D. T. Jensen, M. K. Hulvey, J. A. Fracassi da Silva, E. C. Metto, A. H. Culbertson, C. T. Culbertson and S. M. Lunte,
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 414-420. DOI: 10.1039/C2AY05542B

Measuring P2X1 receptor activity in washed platelets in the absence of exogenous apyrase, K. B. Anderson, W. Karunarathne and D. M. Spence,
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 101-105. DOI: 10.1039/C1AY05530E

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23rd ICP-MS User Meeting and 10th Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Methods for Trace Element Analysis

29 Oct 2012

By Carsten Engelhard.

The 23^rd ICP-MS User Meeting was held jointly with the 10^th Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Methods for Trace Element Analysis on September 10-12 at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Tulln, Austria. The meeting is a biannual event of analytical chemists held in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. This year it was organized by Thomas Prohaska, Stephan Hann, Johanna Irrgeher, and member of the editorial board Gunda Köllensperger.

Attendees listening to a talk (picture by VIRIS lab).

Over 120 attendees discussed fundamentals, applications, and future trends in ICP-MS. The meeting was a great venue for scientific exchange between ICP-MS users in academia and industry as well as instrument manufactures. Over the course of three days, young investigators and established scientists presented highlights of their research and discussed cutting-edge topics and challenging issues in 30 oral and 17 poster presentations. Lectures were held in three main sessions, materials testing, biological applications, and environmental applications. Instrument manufactures had the opportunity to present features and benefits of their ICP mass spectrometers in a dedicated vendor session and the exhibition hall. Posters could be assessed for the entire period of the user meeting with scheduled poster sessions to meet the authors.

We are very much looking forward to the next ICP-MS User Meeting, which will we held in Germany in 2014. Daniel Pröfrock and his team will organize the event at the Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht.

Bastian Franze and Carsten Engelhard

Take a look at some recent papers from the meeting organizers:

Accurate quantification of mercury in river water by isotope dilution MC-ICP-SFMS and ICP-QMS detection after cold vapour generation,
Lisa Fischer, Marion Brunner, Thomas Prohaska and Stephan Hann, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 1983-1991.

Sulfur containing amino acids – challenge of accurate quantification,
Evelyn Rampler, Thomas Dalik, Gerhard Stingeder, Stephan Hann and Gunda Koellensperger,J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 1018-1023.

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JAAS Issue 11 now online!

11 Oct 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

Günther et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1863

This month’s issue of JAAS is now online and ready for you to read. On the outside front cover comes an image from a research paper by former Chair of the Editorial Board Detlef Günther, J. M. Koornneef and colleagues in Switzerland and Germany, who have been studying the the potential of femtosecond laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (fs-LA-MC-ICPMS) for in situ analysis of U–Th disequilibria in titanite.

In situ analysis of ²³⁰Th–²³²Th–²³⁸U ratios in titanite by fs-LA-MC-ICPMS
J. M. Koornneef, L. Dorta, B. Hattendorf, G. H. Fontaine, B. Bourdon, A. Stracke, P. Ulmer and D. Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1863-1874
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30162H

Butorin et al., J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1882

On the inside front cover we have an image from Sergei Butorin, Uppsala University, who with colleagues from France and Sweden have been studying the valence bands of copper to enable distinguishing between different monovalent copper compounds. An important factor in the debate concerning copper corrosion in oxygen-free water.

Cu Kβ_2,5 X-ray emission spectroscopy as a tool for characterization of monovalent copper compounds
J. R. Vegelius, K. O. Kvashnina, M. Klintenberg, I. L. Soroka and S. M. Butorin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1882-1888
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30095H

These cover papers will be free to read for 6 weeks.

We also have two very interesting Tutorial Reviews this month. The first is a beginner’s guide to nuclear forensics by F. E. Stanley, and the second is a review of green chemistry in AAS by C. Bendicho and colleagues. These reviews will be free to read until Oct 26th.

A beginner’s guide to uranium chronometry in nuclear forensics and safeguards
F. E. Stanley
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1821-1830
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30182B

Green chemistry in analytical atomic spectrometry: a review
C. Bendicho, I. Lavilla, F. Pena-Pereira and V. Romero
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1831-1857
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30214D

The JAAS Board has been extremely busy this month, we have papers from our new Chair of the Editorial Board, Frank Vanhaecke and Advisory Board members Enrico M. M. Flores and Maria Montes-Bayon. These papers will be free to read until Oct 26th.

Optimization of sample preparation and a quadrupole ICP-MS measurement protocol for the determination of elemental impurities in pharmaceutical substances in compliance with USP guidelines
K. Van Hoecke, C. Catry and F. Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1909-1919
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30128H

Bromine and iodine determination in active pharmaceutical ingredients by ICP-MS
Aline L. H. Muller, Paola A. Mello, Marcia F. Mesko, Fabio A. Duarte, Valderi L. Dressler, Edson I. Muller and Erico M. M. Flores
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1889-1894
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30212H

Elemental mass spectrometry for Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase determination in red blood cells as oxidative stress biomarker
Juan Gómez-Espina, Elisa Blanco-González, Maria Montes-Bayón and Alfredo Sanz-Medel
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1949-1954
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30115F

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HOT articles on studying geosamples and pharmaceuticals

08 Oct 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

In situ analysis of ²³⁰Th–²³²Th–²³⁸U ratios in titanite by fs-LA-MC-ICPMS

In situ analysis of 230Th–232Th–238U ratios in titanite by fs-LA-MC-ICPMS

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

In this paper former Chair of the Editorial Board Detlef Günther, J. M. Koornneef and colleagues in Switzerland and Germany, have been studying the the potential of femtosecond laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (fs-LA-MC-ICPMS) for in situ analysis of U–Th disequilibria in titanite. The determination of U-series isotope compositions are used in a wide range of geological materials such as carbonates, iron oxides, opal, and zircon. Read more about their research by clicking on the title below.

Bromine and iodine determination in active pharmaceutical ingredients by ICP-MS

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

And from our Advisory Board, Erico M. M. Flores from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, and colleagues have been looking at a method based on microwave-induced combustion (MIC) and applied it to the digestion of active pharmaceutical ingredients. They used this to determine bromine and iodine by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). This test can be used to test for halogen impurities in pharmaceutical products. Click below to read more.

Both of these papers will be free to access until Oct 22nd.

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Welcome to issue 1 of JAAS 2013!

HOT articles in JAAS this November

JAAS Issue 12 now online

The 11th Chinese Analytical Chemistry Annual Meeting Held in Qingdao

SCIX 2012

23rd ICP-MS User Meeting and 10th Symposium on Mass Spectrometry Methods for Trace Element Analysis

Top ten most accessed JAAS articles in September

JAAS Issue 11 now online!

HOT articles on studying geosamples and pharmaceuticals

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