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Issue 12 now available

16 Nov 2011

JAAS, 2011, 26(12): 2309-2536

The last issue of 2011 is now online!

On the front cover, Cerutti and colleagues from Argentina present their work on a novel on-line scandium preconcentration system implemented with chemical vapor generation associated to inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (VG-ICP-OES).

On-line preconcentration and vapor generation of scandium prior to ICP-OES detection
S. Cerutti, L. A. Escudero, J. A. Gasquez, R. A. Olsina and L. D. Martinez
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2428-2433
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10175G

Highlighted on the inside front cover, Joerg Hippler of the University of Duisburg-Essen and co-workers have developed a methodology to speciate and quantify the unconjugated intracellular arsenic species in hepatocytes and urothelial cells.

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

Both these articles are free for 6 weeks, so take a look and do let your colleagues know.

We’d like to thank all our cover authors for 2011 and look forward to bringing you more excellent papers and images in 2012.

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2011 R&D100 Award Winners

02 Nov 2011

By Steven Ray.

R&D Magazine recently announced the 2011 R&D100 award winners, and this year’s awardees included several names familiar to JAAS readers. The “Array Detection Technology for Mass Spectrometry” was identified as one of the 100 most influential technological achievements/products of the year.

The award-winning technology comes from a collaboration between government, academic, and private sector entities:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (Charles Barinaga and David Koppenaal)
Indiana University (Gary Hieftje, James Barnes, Greg Shilling, Jeremy Felton, and Steven Ray)
University of Arizona (M. Bonner Denton and Roger Sperline), Imager Laboratories (Gene Atlas)
SPECTRO Analytical Instruments/Ametek (Dirk Ardelt)

The array detector (also known as the Focal Plane Camera) is a solid-state monolithic integrated circuit device designed specifically as adetector for mass spectrometry. It was first employed for atomic mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), but has more recently found other uses in ion mobility spectrometry and molecular mass spectrometry. A commercial version of the detector can be found in the new SPECTRO MS instrument.

Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies newly introduced to the market. The Awards, widely recognized as the “Oscars of Innovation”, identifies and celebrates the top high technology products of the year.

More information can be found here.

Congratulations award winners!

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FACSS Names Their Annual Scientific Conference: SCIX

27 Oct 2011

By Steven Ray.

The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) has renamed their annual scientific conference. Starting in 2012, the meeting will be known as SCIX- The Great Scientific Exchange.

FACSS is an organization of scientific societies banded together to promote Analytical Chemistry: The American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Coblentz Society, the Americal Society for Mass Spectrometry, the ANACHEM Society, the International Society of Automation Analysis Divisiton, and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. For the last 38 years, FACSS has held an annual international meeting known informally as the ‘FACSS Conference’, where all member societies contribute to a scientific program that showcases a wide breadth of analytical chemistry topics.

The FACSS member societies have recently expressed a wish to expand this annual conference- and the first step in the expansion was to name the annual meeting. The first SCIX conference will be held in Kansas City, MO from September 31-October 5.

More information can be found on the FACSS website (http://www.facss.org) or on the new SCIX website (http://www.sciexconference.org). Of note, a program preview of the new SCIX conference is available online: (http://scixconference.org/scix2012.html).

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Gary Hieftje and Joe Caruso Named ACS Fellows

25 Oct 2011

By Steven Ray.

Current and former JAAS editorial board members and frequent JAAS contributors Professor Gary Hieftje of Indiana University and Professor Joseph Caruso of the University of Cincinnati have been named Fellows of the American Chemical Society. The American Chemical Society recognizes the outstanding achievements and significant contributions of these individuals through this honor. ACS fellows are named from all branches of science and professional endeavor. Congratulations Fellows!

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Geochemistry and geology in JAAS

25 Oct 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

Quantification of transient signals in multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: accurate lead isotope ratio determination by laser ablation of individual fluid inclusions; Pettke et al., JAAS, 2011

Inspired by our trip to Prague for Goldschmidt 2011, we’ve collected together some of the articles published in JAAS from the areas of geochemistry and geology. If you work in this area, why not submit your next paper to JAAS?

A new approach to single shot laser ablation analysis and its application to in situ Pb/U geochronology
J. M. Cottle, M. S. A. Horstwood and R. R. Parrish
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24
DOI: 10.1039/B821899D

Precise determination of Sm, Nd concentrations and Nd isotopic compositions at the nanogram level in geological samples by thermal ionization mass spectrometry
Zhuyin Chu, Fukun Chen, Yueheng Yang and Jinhui Guo
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24
DOI: 10.1039/B904047A

Fractionation of alkali elements during laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of silicate geological samples
Jitka Míková, Jan Košler, Henry P. Longerich, Michael Wiedenbeck and John M. Hanchar
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24
DOI: 10.1039/B900276F

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
DOI: 10.1039/B926335G
From themed issue Sector-Field ICP-Mass Spectrometry

Precise U–Pb and Pb–Pb dating of Phanerozoic baddeleyite by SIMS with oxygen flooding technique
Qiu-Li Li, Xian-Hua Li, Yu Liu, Guo-Qiang Tang, Jing-Hui Yang and Wei-Guang Zhu
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25
DOI: 10.1039/B923444F

Technical Note: An improved digestion technique for determination of platinum group elements in geological samples
Liang Qi, Jianfeng Gao, Xiaowen Huang, Jing Hu, Mei-Fu Zhou and Hong Zhong
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10114E

Technical Note: Precise and accurate determination of Sm, Nd concentrations and Nd isotopic compositions in geological samples by MC-ICP-MS
Yue-Heng Yang, Zhu-Yin Chu, Fu-Yuan Wu, Lie-Wen Xie and Jin-Hui Yang
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA00001B
From themed issue 2010 Asia Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry

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David Hahn Wins the 2011 Lester Strock Award

25 Oct 2011

By Steven Ray.

Professor David Hahn

Professor David Hahn of the University of Florida has won the Lester Strock Award for 2011. The award is presented by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy in recognition of significant and sustained contributions to atomic spectroscopy. The award panel cited in particular Professor Hahn’s contributions to the fundamental understanding of plasma/analyte interactions in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Congratulations Professor Hahn!

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7 great reasons to download the RSC Mobile App…

24 Oct 2011

By May Copsey, Editor.

Martín Resano, JAAS Editorial Board member, provides an introduction to the new RSC mobile app, and some tips for how it can help you to stay in touch with the latest research from RSC journals

The RSC has made available a mobile App that permits access to more than 30 journals from the RSC publishing platform. The application entitles all iPhone/iPad/iPod touch users to follow the RSC Journals in which they are interested in a very simple way. As illustrated in the screen captures attached (from an iPhone), the App provides fast access to the latest articles of the selected Journals, which can be saved (as pdf or html) for off-line reading, or just shared with colleagues via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail, all with a single click. Moreover, there is also a fast search engine, such that all the on-line content of RSC Journals can be thoroughly explored.

In order to benefit from all these features, the users need to be connected to a wireless network from a subscribing institution/organisation (otherwise, only abstracts and not the full version of the papers will be visible). However, more forms of authentication will be implemented soon. An Android version is also expected to be available in early 2012.

Users who have an RSC Publishing personal account however can use this app to access all the free content available, without the need for a subscription!

The App is free and can be downloaded from the iTunes store: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rsc-mobile/id459371444?mt=8

Martín Resano

Reason 1: Follow RSC journals Reason 2: Check the latest articles

Reason 3: Save your favourite articles Reason 4: Read your article in PDF or HTML

Reason 5: Share with your friends and colleagues Reason 6: Search for new articles in your research area

Reason 7: …plus much more!

More information about the RSc Mobile App can be found here: https://blogs.rsc.org/technical/2011/09/26/rscmobile/

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Issue 11 published

19 Oct 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

JAAS, 2011, 26(11): 2097-2308

The latest issue is now online, with iodine all over the covers. Ok, not literally, but work involving this element is certainly highlighted.

On the front cover, JAAS Editorial Board member Norbert Jakubowski and colleagues in Germany present a new laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS method for single cell and cell nucleus imaging.

Iodine was employed as an elemental dye and the spatial resolution attained was sufficient to detect even smaller cell nuclei within a liver biopsy tissue.

Iodine as an elemental marker for imaging of single cells and tissue sections by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Charlotte Giesen, Larissa Waentig, Thomas Mairinger, Daniela Drescher, Janina Kneipp, Peter H. Roos, Ulrich Panne and Norbert Jakubowski
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2160-2165
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10227C

On the inside front cover, Pilar Bermejo-Barrera of the University of Santiago de Compostela and colleagues provide a review of recent literature focused on iodine determination/speciation in environmental, biological and clinical materials.

Critical Review: A review on iodine speciation for environmental, biological and nutrition fields
Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro, Vanessa Romarís-Hortas and Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 2107-2152
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00272K

Both the cover articles are free to access for six weeks, so take a look and make sure your knowledge on iodine and analysis is up-to-date!

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Quantitative analysis of branched amino acids in a single fruit fly

15 Oct 2011

By Mary Badcock, Deputy Editor.

Japanese scientists have used a highly sensitive and accurate analytical method to determine the quantity of free branched amino acids (BCAAs) in a single fruit fly.

Fruit flies are a valuable organism in biological research, and particularly in the areas of genetics and developmental biology. However, as these creatures are small, analysing the metabolites in its body is difficult, and generally a large sample pool is required. However, this means that small individual distinctions are lost and the fly’s aminogram is equalised.

By using liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LC-ICP-MS) with pre-column derivatisation with a metal tag reagent, Daigo Iwahata and colleagues managed to accurately analyse the quantity of free BCAAs in a single fruit fly.

This article is free to access until 14th November 2011! Click to below to read more…

Quantitative analysis of branched amino acids in a single fruit fly by LC-ICP-MS after pre-column derivatization with a metal tag reagent, Daigo Iwahata, Manabu Tsuda, Toshiro Aigaki and Hiroshi Miyano, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10212E

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Issue 12 now available

2011 R&D100 Award Winners

Top Ten most-read JAAS articles in September

FACSS Names Their Annual Scientific Conference: SCIX

Gary Hieftje and Joe Caruso Named ACS Fellows

Geochemistry and geology in JAAS

David Hahn Wins the 2011 Lester Strock Award

7 great reasons to download the RSC Mobile App…

Issue 11 published

Quantitative analysis of branched amino acids in a single fruit fly

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