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JAAS Issue 2 now online!

19 Jan 2012

Issue 2 of JAAS for 2012 is now online!

The front cover this month features work by Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska and colleagues from the AGH University of Science and Technology and Jagiellonian University, Poland. They present a synchroton radiation micro-X-ray absorption near edge structure study of sulfur speciation in human brain tumor cells. The authors looked at both the experimental and methodological aspects of 2D imaging of sulfur species in tumor cells, and developed procedures to eliminate disrupting effects in the imaging distribution.

The inside front cover highlights work by Michael Krachler and Detlef Wegen from the European Commission-Joint Research Centre in Germany, on the promises and pitfalls in the reliable determination of ²³³U using high resolution ICP-OES. They show that the current analytical approach for determining ²³³U at λ = 385.950 nm is not specific to that particular uranium isotope for reliable quantification. The authors show instead that analysis at λ = 411.585 nm is potentially a better option for reliable determination of ²²³U using HR-ICP-OES.

This issue of JAAS also features…

…the Atomic Spectroscopy Update by Owen Butler and colleagues – the 27th annual review of the application of atomic spectrometry to the chemical analysis of environmental samples:

Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis, Owen T. Butler, Warren R. L. Cairns, Jennifer M. Cook and Christine M. Davidson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 187-221

…and the following hot articles…

Theoretical calculations of the influence of resonant Raman scattering on the quantification of XRF spectrochemical analysis, Héctor Jorge Sánchez, María Cecilia Valentinuzzi and Juan José Leani, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 232-238

Reference-free quantification of particle-like surface contaminations by grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence analysis, Falk Reinhardt, János Osán, Szabina Török, Andrea Edit Pap, Michael Kolbe and Burkhard Beckhoff, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 248-255

All these articles are free to access until the 20th February 2012, so why not take a look!

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Professor Shan Gao elected Academician

17 Jan 2012

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

JAAS Editorial Board member receives one of China’s most respected honours.

JAAS Editorial Board member Professor Shan Gao of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) has been elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was founded in 1949; it is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and development center in natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China.

Congratulations Professor Gao!

Read Prof. Gao’s editorial on the development of atomic spectrometry in China:

Editorial: The rise of atomic spectrometry in China over the past 25 years
Shan Gao
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 1803-1807
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00045K

First cover articles of 2012: Issue 1 now online!

08 Dec 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

JAAS, 2012, 27(1): 1-176

We may be a few weeks away from the New Year, but JAAS has an early present for you: the first issue of 2012, which is now online.

We are looking forward to another successful year publishing the best research related to analytical atomic spectrometry, and begin with some excellent cover articles.

Our celestial front cover features work from Martin Schiller, Chad Paton and Martin Bizzarro from the Centre for Star and Planet Formation, which is based within the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen.

They present a novel approach for the chemical purification of calcium from silicate rocks by ion-exchange chromatography, and a highly-precise method for its isotopic analysis. By using high-resolution multiple collector inductively coupled plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-MC-ICPMS) in combination with thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), they have even tackled the smallest isotope ⁴⁶Ca, which has an abundance of just 0.003 %

The resolution of their data shows significant improvement compared to previous methods, which allows for a better understanding of the mass fractionation laws responsible for the mass-dependent fractionation of Ca present in natural samples and synthetic standards.

Their work also provides insight into a better reference material to study the calcium isotope composition of terrestrial and non-terrestrial materials.

We highlighted this work when it was first published as an Advance Article, and are delighted to feature it on the front cover of this issue!

Calcium isotope measurement by combined HR-MC-ICPMS and TIMS
Martin Schiller, Chad Paton and Martin Bizzarro
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 38-49
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10272A

Featured on the inside front cover, work from Efthymios Kapellios and Spiros Pergantis of the University of Crete, Greece.

They provide the first demonstration of the combined use of nanoelectrospray ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) with off-line inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for determining engineered nanoparticles in aqueous solution.

Coupling the resolving power of IMS with the sensitivity of ICP-MS, make this an attractive approach for nanoparticle analysis. The technique shows capabilities to determine size and metal content, and could, in principle, be used to determine nanoparticle concentration.

Communication: Size and elemental composition of nanoparticles using ion mobility spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Efthymios A. Kapellios and Spiros A. Pergantis
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 21-24
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10237K

Don’t forget these cover articles will be free to access for 6 weeks, so enjoy them and let your colleagues know.

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2012 Winter Conference themed issue

25 Nov 2011

By May Copsey, Editor.

We are delighted to say that JAAS will be publishing a themed issue from the 2012 Winter Conference.

2012 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
9th-14th January 2012
Tucson, Arizona, USA

JAAS continues to be a strong supporter of the Winter Conference series, held in Asia, Europe or, the US, and maintains its position as the leading journal by impact for the publication of primary research in the field of elemental and isotope analysis.

The submission deadline for the issue is 10th February 2012, and articles can be submitted through the journal website. Please indicate in your covering letter that your article is to be considered for this issue. The issue will be published online and in print in summer 2012.

We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes for consideration in the issue, and all articles will be subject to peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, please do not hesitate to contact me (jaas-rsc@rsc.org) or our Reviews Editor, Professor Joanna Szpunar (joanna.szpunar@univ-pau.fr), to discuss a possible topic.

Keep an eye on JAAS News for more details, or do let us know if you have any questions.

Take a look at articles from the 2011 Winter Conference issue, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain!

We will also be in the Exhibition, Stand #45, so please do pop by to say hello if you have a moment, and I look forward to seeing you all in Tucson in the New Year!

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Sabine Becker wins 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry

23 Nov 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

JAAS Advisory Board member Sabine Becker has been named as the recipient of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry.

The award honours scientists who have made the most noteworthy contributions to the field of plasma spectrochemistry, and will be presented to to Dr Becker during the 2012 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry to be held in Tucson, Arizona, USA, 9-24 January 2012. Congratulations Sabine!

Editor of JAAS, Dr May Copsey, will be attending the conference and would be delighted to meet you there.

In the meantime, take a look at some of Dr Becker’s recent work:

Bioimaging of metals in thin mouse brain section by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: novel online quantification strategy using aqueous standards
Dirce Pozebon, Valderi L. Dressler, Marcia Foster Mesko, Andreas Matusch and J. Sabine Becker
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 1739-1744
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00055H

Mass spectrometric imaging of elements in biological tissues by new BrainMet technique—laser microdissection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LMD-ICP-MS)
Bei Wu, Stefan Niehren and J. Sabine Becker
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1653-1659
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10106D

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Effects of the sampling interface in MC-ICP-MS

22 Nov 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

The role of secondary discharge formation and the physical and chemical processes occurring in the supersonic expansion with respect to NdO+ formation are discussed.

In this new article Karla Newman of the Water Quality Centre at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, reports on the relative elemental sensitivities for a number of sample and skimmer cone combinations. She looked at standard and enhanced pumping of the interface region for the Thermo Scientific Neptune MC-ICP-MS.

An improved understanding of the mass fractionation behaviour of Nd on different MC-ICP-MS instrument platforms is important for the application of Nd in geochronology and provenance studies and will also contribute to a wider understanding of the origins of instrumental mass fractionation in ICP-MS.

Read the paper in full here:

Effects of the sampling interface in MC-ICP-MS: Relative elemental sensitivities and non-linear mass dependent fractionation of Nd isotopes
Karla Newman
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10222B

Take a look at Dr Newman’s previous work in JAAS:

High sensitivity skimmers and non-linear mass dependent fractionation in ICP-MS
Karla Newman, Philip A. Freedman, Jamie Williams, Nick S. Belshaw and Alex N. Halliday
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24, 742-751
DOI: 10.1039/B819065H

You may also be interested in this article:

Technical Note: From volcanic rock powder to Sr and Pb isotope ratios: a fit-for-purpose procedure for multi-collector ICP–mass spectrometric analysis
Ingrid Smet, David De Muynck, Frank Vanhaecke and Marlina Elburg
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 1025-1032
DOI: 10.1039/B926335G

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HOT paper: Calcium isotope measurement by combined HR-MC-ICPMS and TIMS

21 Nov 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

In this new article, Martin Schiller, Chad Paton and Martin Bizzarro of the Centre for Star and Planet Formation at the University of Copenhagen report a novel approach for the chemical purification of Ca from silicate rocks by ion-exchange chromatography, and a highly-precise method for the isotopic analysis of Ca by high-resolution multiple collector inductively coupled plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-MC-ICPMS), in combination with thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS).

Read the article in full here:

Calcium isotope measurement by combined HR-MC-ICPMS and TIMS
Martin Schiller, Chad Paton and Martin Bizzarro
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10272A

Take a look at this other paper from the same authors, published earlier in 2011:

High-precision Mg-isotope measurements of terrestrial and extraterrestrial material by HR-MC-ICPMS—implications for the relative and absolute Mg-isotope composition of the bulk silicate Earth
Martin Bizzarro, Chad Paton, Kirsten Larsen, Martin Schiller, Anne Trinquier and David Ulfbeck
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 565-577
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00190B

You may also be interested in this article:

Separation of Mg, Ca and Fe from geological reference materials for stable isotope ratio analyses by MC-ICP-MS and double-spike TIMS
Frank Wombacher, Anton Eisenhauer, Alexander Heuser and Stefan Weyer
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24, 627-636
DOI: 10.1039/B820154

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JAAS Issue 2 now online!

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2012 Winter Conference themed issue

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Effects of the sampling interface in MC-ICP-MS

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