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2012 Strock Award for JAAS Advisory Board member Ralph Sturgeon

24 Jul 2012

The Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) and the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) have announced that JAAS Advisory Board member Professor Ralph Sturgeon of the National Research Council, Canada, has been selected as the recipient of the New England Section of the SAS’s 2012 Lester W. Strock Award.

This award has been established by the New England Section and is given annually to an author in recognition of a selected publication of substantive research in/or application of analytical atomic spectrochemistry in the fields of earth science, life sciences, or stellar and cosmic sciences.

Professor Sturgeon will present the Strock Award Plenary Lecture entitled “Vapor Generation – Make It Your Second Thought for Sample Introduction” on Thursday October 4th at the SciX conference in Kansas, USA.

Ralph follows in the footsteps of other JAAS Board members as recipient of this award, including Gary Hieftje, John Olesik, Detlef Günther and Annemie Bogaerts.

Congratulations, Ralph!

Take a look at a few of Ralph’s recent papers in JAAS below:

Perspective: Some speculations on the mechanisms of photochemical vapor generation
Ralph E. Sturgeon and Patricia Grinberg
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 222-231
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA10249H

Technical Note: UV photochemical generation of volatile cadmium species
Joaquim A. Nóbrega, Ralph E. Sturgeon, Patricia Grinberg, Graeme J. Gardner, Christine S. Brophy and Edivaldo E. Garcia
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 2519-2523
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10252D

Critical Review: Applications of chemical vapor generation in non-tetrahydroborate media to analytical atomic spectrometry
Peng Wu, Liang He, Chengbin Zheng, Xiandeng Hou and Ralph E. Sturgeon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010,25, 1217-1246
DOI: 10.1039/C003483E
From themed issue 2010 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry

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New Editorial Board Chair for JAAS: Frank Vanhaecke

16 Jul 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

After four wonderful years, Detlef Guenther is stepping down as the Chair of the JAAS Editorial Board. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Detlef for all of his hard work and dedication to the journal and look forward to his continued contributions as an Advisory Board member. And while we will miss him, we wish him all the very best for his future endeavors.

We are pleased to announce that the new Chair for JAAS is Frank Vanhaecke, from Ghent University, Belgium. Frank’s main research interests lie in the determination, speciation and isotopic analysis of trace elements using ICP-MS. He is especially interested in the direct analysis of solid materials using both ETV-ICPMS and LA-ICPMS, chemical and high mass resolution for overcoming spectral interferences and isotope ratio determination using single- and multi-collector ICPMS.

As an experienced Editorial Board member for the journal, Frank is fully qualified to be filling Detlef’s shoes, and we are very much looking forward to his term as Chair.

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11th European Workshop on Laser Ablation and II Spanish Workshop on LA-ICP-MS

15 Jul 2012

By Martín Resano.

The 11th European Workshop in Laser Ablation was held on June 19 – 22, 2012 in Gijón, Spain, organized by scientists from the University of Oviedo: JAAS Advisory Board Member Prof. Jorge Pisonero, Dr. Beatriz Fernández, Prof. Rosario Pereiro García and Dr. Nerea Bordel García. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the II Spanish Workshop on LA-ICP-MS was simultaneously organized.

The conference counted with the participation of 110 persons from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, who presented 24 Oral communications and 33 posters. In addition, several instrument demos and user meetings took place. JAAS Chair Prof. Frank Vanhaecke, former JAAS Chair Prof. Deflet Günther, Dr. Violeta Lazic, Prof. Rick Russo and Dr. Josephine Bunch were the Invited Lecturers. You can find some recent examples of these authors’ work below.

Of course, the organizers made sure that the participants had plenty of opportunities to taste the local sidra, which, in combination with the high quality of the works presented, made this workshop a most memorable event.

From right to left: Prof. Alfredo Sanz-Medel (Abc Editor), Prof. Detlef Günther (JAAS Chair), Andreas Riedo (Best Oral presentation), Rebeca Valledor (JAAS Poster Award), Reto Glaus (Abc Poster Award) and Prof. Jorge Pisonero (Chairman)

A pilot study on the use of laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry for assessing/mapping the distribution of a drug and its metabolites across the body compartments of rats, Andrei Izmer, Deepti Gholap, Kathleen De Houwer, Filip Cuyckens and Frank Vanhaecke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 413-418

Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry using a double-focusing sector field mass spectrometer of Mattauch–Herzog geometry and an array detector for the determination of platinum group metals and gold in NiS buttons obtained by fire assay of platiniferous ores, Martín Resano, Keith S. McIntosh and Frank Vanhaecke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 165-173

Fundamental studies on the ablation behaviour of carbon in LA-ICP-MS with respect to the suitability as internal standard, Daniel A. Frick and Detlef Günther, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 1294-1303

Visualization, velocimetry, and mass spectrometric analysis of engineered and laser-produced particles passing through inductively coupled plasma sources, Luca Flamigni, Joachim Koch, Helmar Wiltsche, Robert Brogioli, Sabrina Gschwind and Detlef Günther, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 619-625

Rapid bulk analysis using femtosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass Spectrometry, Jhanis J. González, Dayana D. Oropeza, Henry Longerich, Xianglei Mao and Richard E. Russo, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article

A novel calibration strategy for analysis and imaging of biological thin sections by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass Spectrometry, J. A. T. Pugh, A. G. Cox, C. W. McLeod, J. Bunch, B. Whitby, B. Gordon, T. Kalber and E. White, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 1667-1673

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Issue 8 online: 2012 US Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry

12 Jul 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

The latest issue of JAAS is now online, which is a themed issue featuring papers from the 2012 US Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, which was held 9–14 January 2012, Tucson, Arizona USA. An overview of the conference can be found in the Editorial by Ramon M. Barnes.

Summary of the 2012 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry January 9–14, 2012, Tucson, Arizona
Ramon M. Barnes
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1169-1172
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA90039D

The front cover features work from our new JAAS chair Frank Vanhaecke, Ghent University, Belgium, and colleagues who used multi-collector ICP-MS to test for transition metals in human blood. They looked at metabolically important metals such as Cu, Fe and Zn and examined the differences in their levels in the blood of people with differing diets.

Isotopic analysis of the metabolically relevant transition metals Cu, Fe and Zn in human blood from vegetarians and omnivores using multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry
Lana Van Heghe, Emma Engström, Ilia Rodushkin, Christophe Cloquet and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1327-1334
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30070B

On the inside front cover there is an image from Nicolas H. Bings and colleagues from Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, who were looking at the accuracy and precision of analytical data from the analysis of liquid samples.

Comparison of novel and conventional calibration techniques for the analysis of urine samples using plasma source mass spectrometry combined with a new dual-drop-on-demand aerosol generator
Jan O. Orlandini v. Niessen, Jan H. Petersen, J. Niklas Schaper and Nicolas H. Bings
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1234-1244
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30039G

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

We have a HOT paper from JAAS Editorial Board member Gary M. Hieftje, Indiana University, USA, who with colleagues presents a modeling investigation into the thermal mechanism for the formation of electrical prepeak and pressure waves in a microsecond direct current pulsed glow discharge.

Thermal mechanism for formation of electrical prepeak and pressure waves in a microsecond direct current pulsed glow discharge with a Grimm-type source: a modeling investigation
M. Voronov, V. Hoffmann, W. Buscher, C. Engelhard, S. J. Ray and G. M. Hieftje
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1225-1233
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30014A

The latest ASU on Elemental Speciation is also available in this month’s issue.

Atomic spectrometry update. Elemental speciation
Robert Clough, Lindsay R. Drennan-Harris, Chris F. Harrington, Steve J. Hill and Julian F. Tyson
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 1185-1224
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA90037H

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Arsenic-resistant bacterium still needs phosphate for growth

10 Jul 2012

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

A paper co-authored by JAAS Editorial Board Chair, Detlef Günther has been published in Science and contributes to an ongoing discussion on the role of arsenic in the bacterial isolate GFAJ-1.

In December 2010, Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues published a paper, also in Science, which proposed that GFAJ-1 could substitute small amounts of phosphorus in its DNA with arsenic. This claim would have significant implications for our understanding of life, since all known forms of life on Earth typically use oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, phosphorus and sulfur.

This new work from Detlef and fellow researchers at ETH Zürich shows that GFAJ-1 is able to grow at low phosphate concentrations even under high arsenate concentrations, but cannot grow in phosphorus-depleted, arsenate-containing medium. They combined physiological experiments with ICP-OES and ICP-MS to provide evidence that whilst GFAJ-1 is highly resistant to arsenate, but still requires phosphate for growth. The authors say that the molecular basis for arsenate resistance in GFAJ-1 could be the subject of further investigations.

GFAJ-1 Is an Arsenate-Resistant, Phosphate-Dependent Organism
Tobias J. Erb, Patrick Kiefer, Bodo Hattendorf, Detlef Günther, Julia A. Vorholt
DOI: 10.1126/science.1218455

Also published in Science is a paper from Rosie Redfield and colleagues at Princeton University, which supports the conclusions from the ETH group:

Absence of Detectable Arsenate in DNA from Arsenate-Grown GFAJ-1 Cells
Marshall Louis Reaves, Sunita Sinha, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Leonid Kruglyak, Rosemary J. Redfield
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219861

Though not quite as controversial, take a look at some recent content in JAAS on arsenic:

Technical Note: Rapid screening of arsenic species in urine from exposed human by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with germanium as internal standard
A. Castillo, C. Boix, N. Fabregat, A. F. Roig-Navarro and J. A. Rodríguez-Castrillón
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 354-358
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10289C

An interlaboratory study of arsenic speciation analysis of whole blood
Kanna Ito, Walter Goessler, Hakan Gürleyük, Brian Wels, Christopher D. Palmer, Mary Frances Verostek and Patrick J. Parsons
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1740-1745
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10040H

Intracellular, time-resolved speciation and quantification of arsenic compounds in human urothelial and hepatoma cells
Joerg Hippler, Ricarda Zdrenka, Robin A. D. Reichel, Daniel G. Weber, Peter Rozynek, Georg Johnen, Elke Dopp and Alfred V. Hirner
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2396-2403
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10150A

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Archaeometry in JAAS

25 Jun 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

JAAS 2012, Archaeometry themed issue, front cover

Fan et al, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 821-826

In a recent issue of JAAS we highlighted work from around the world in the field of archaeometry. Also known as archaeological science, it is the use of scientific techniques to analyze archaeological materials, such as bone, ceramics, glass, and bronze.

The themed issue was guest edited by Patrick Degryse, from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium and the issue contained some exciting papers on topics including Roman glass, human teeth, medieval village populations, and metallurgy in China. Click through here to take a look at the issue or read about it in the blog. The below papers will be free to access for 2 weeks.

Some HOT papers from this themed issue include;

Roman glass across the Empire: an elemental and isotopic characterization
Monica Ganio, Sara Boyen, Thomas Fenn, Rebecca Scott, Sofie Vanhoutte, Domingo Gimeno and Patrick Degryse
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 743-753
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA10355A

A summary of strontium and oxygen isotope variation in archaeological human tooth enamel excavated from Britain
J. A. Evans, C. A. Chenery and J. Montgomery
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 754-764
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA10362A

Here in JAAS we have published many papers on the topic of archaeometry in the past. Take a look at a few selected papers listed below. If you have a paper you are looking to publish in this field, why not try submitting to JAAS.

Open ablation cell for LA-ICP-MS investigations of historic objects
Barbara Wagner and Wojciech Jędral
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2058-2063
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10137D

Micro and Surface Analysis in Art and Archaeology
F. Adams, A. Adriaens, A. Aerts, I. De Raedt, K. Janssens and O. Schalm
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 1997, 12, 257-265
DOI: 10.1039/A606091I

Application of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for the investigation of ancient silver coins
Guillaume Sarah, Bernard Gratuze and Jean-Noël Barrandon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2007, 22, 1163-1167
DOI: 10.1039/B704879C

Evaluation of different calibration methods in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric analysis of certified glass materials and archaeological glass specimens
G. A. Zachariadis, A. N. Anthemidis and J. A. Stratis
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2003, 18, 358-366
DOI: 10.1039/B301098H

Synchrotron radiation and cultural heritage: combined XANES/XRF study at Mn K-edge of blue, grey or black coloured palaeontological and archaeological bone material
Ina Reiche and Emilie Chalmin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 799-806
DOI: 10.1039/B717442J

A study on gold and copper provenance for Romanian prehistoric objects using micro-SR XRF
Bogdan Constantinescu, Angela Vasilescu, Martin Radtke and Uwe Reinholz
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 917-921
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00215A

Synchrotron radiation and laboratory micro X-ray computed tomography—useful tools for the material identification of prehistoric objects made of ivory, bone or antler
I. Reiche, K. Müller, A. Staude, J. Goebbels and H. Riesemeier
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1802-1812
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00246A

Quantitative characterisation of the leaching of lead and other elements from glazed surfaces of historical ceramics
I. Szalóki, M. Braun and R. Van Grieken
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2000, 15, 843-850
DOI: 10.1039/B000746N

Integrated X-ray and neutron-based analysis of bronze artefacts from the Ligurian settlement of Guardamonte-Monte Vallassa
Roberta Cattaneo, Cristina Chiaramonte Trerè, Lucia Mordeglia, Giuseppe Gorini, Enrico Perelli Cippo, Laura Bartoli, Winfried Kockelmann and Antonella Scherillo
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1024-1029
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00259C

Development of a new method for Pb isotopic analysis of archaeological artefacts using single-collector ICP-dynamic reaction cell-MS
David De Muynck, Christophe Cloquet and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 62-71
DOI: 10.1039/B709461B

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HOT Article: Evaluating silicagels for Pb isotopic analysis

22 Jun 2012

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

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 at The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, have run a series of tests, comparing three commercially available colloidal silicagels. Read their results by clicking on the title below.

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

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, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2JA30083D

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50-jarig jubileum in Tilburg

19 Jun 2012

By Martín Resano.

A symposium celebrating 50-years of Atomic Spectroscopy in The Netherlands was held on June 7 2012 in Tilburg (The Netherlands). The conference was organized by the Atomic Spectroscopy Working Group (WAS), chaired by JAAS Advisory board member Prof. Margaretha de Loos-Vollebregt, following the success of previous events (e.g., 40 and 45-year celebrations). 130 attendees from the academia and the industry gathered in the nice venue selected for the occasion (Villa de Vier Jaargetijden in Tilburg), where the Invited Speakers Jean-Michel Mermet, Martín Resano, Leo de Galan, Jochen Vogl, Michael Sperling, Ralph Sturgeon and Joris Dik presented their latest work. You can find some recent examples of these authors’ work below.

Great to see that Atomic Spectroscopy is still in very good shape in The Netherlands!

Invited speakers sharing dinner in Tilburg

Universal calibration for metal determination in fuels and biofuels by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry based on segmented flow injection and a 350 °C heated chamber

Raquel Sánchez, José Luis Todolí, Charles-Philippe Lienemann and Jean-Michel Mermet, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 937-945

Direct determination of sulfur in solid samples by means of high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace molecular absorption spectrometry using palladium nanoparticles as chemical modifier

Martín Resano and María R. Flórez, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 401-412

Development and validation of a single collector SF-ICPMS procedure for the determination of boron isotope ratios in water and food samples

Jochen Vogl, Martin Rosner and Wolfgang Pritzkow, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 861-869

Speciation analysis of the antirheumatic agent Auranofin and its thiol adducts by LC/ESI-MS and LC/ICP-MS

Anastasia Albert, Christine Brauckmann, Franziska Blaske, Michael Sperling, Carsten Engelhard and Uwe Karst, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 975-981

Some speculations on the mechanisms of photochemical vapor generation

Ralph E. Sturgeon and Patricia Grinberg, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 222-231

Optimization of mobile scanning macro-XRF systems for the in situ investigation of historical paintings

Matthias Alfeld, Koen Janssens, Joris Dik, Wout de Nolf and Geert van der Snickt, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 899-909

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5 papers to read before you cite

19 Jun 2012

By Martín Resano.

Everybody love lists and I have been told than JAAS readers are no different. Thus, I decided to make a very short list of recent JAAS papers I enjoyed, just for the sake of discussion. In no particular order, here are five 2012 JAAS papers I recently read and liked:

1. Considerations for measurement of individual nanoparticles or microparticles by ICP-MS: determination of the number of particles and the analyte mass in each particle

John W. Olesik and Patrick J. Gray, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012,27, 1143-1155

2. Graphite tubes with small internal diameters tailored for high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Mao Dong Huang, Helmut Becker-Ross, Michael Okruss, Sebastian Geisler and Stefan Florek, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 982-988

3. Depth dependent element ratios in fluid inclusion analysis by laser ablation ICP-MS

Marcel Guillong and Thomas Pettke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 505-508

4. Pulsed glow discharge time of flight mass spectrometry for the screening of polymer-based coatings containing brominated flame retardants

Claudia González de Vega, Lara Lobo, Beatriz Fernández, Nerea Bordel, Rosario Pereiro and Alfredo Sanz-Medel, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 318-326

5. Improving acquisition times of elemental bio-imaging for quadrupole-based LA-ICP-MS

Jessica Lear, Dominc Hare, Paul Adlard, David Finkelstein and Philip Doble, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 159-164

And you? Which papers did you particularly like? Please let us know!

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2012 Strock Award for JAAS Advisory Board member Ralph Sturgeon

New Editorial Board Chair for JAAS: Frank Vanhaecke

11th European Workshop on Laser Ablation and II Spanish Workshop on LA-ICP-MS

Issue 8 online: 2012 US Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry

Arsenic-resistant bacterium still needs phosphate for growth

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