Latest App Notes & Case Studies

This Application News article introduces the qualitative analysis of a rubber diaphragm sample using both FTIR and EDX techniques.

Recently, the development and sales of a variety of dietary supplements have increased dramatically against the background of rising public interest regarding health. This application note introduces the method of analysis of minerals in dietary supplements as specified in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, where the supplement market now stands at about three trillion yen (33 billion dollars).

Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectometry (PTR-MS) with its online measurement capabilities enables researchers to quantify compounds in the nose space air of test persons.

Airborne molecular contamination (AMC) is a concern for any high technology manufacturing process, especially in the microelectronics industry. Organic contamination may cause adverse effects on production tools and consequently increase costs for high-tech companies.

Common methods of analyzing compounds released when leaves are wounded do not have the capability to monitor reactions of the plants in a time resolution high enough to reveal underlying reaction sequences.

VOCs are chemicals that evaporate easily at room temperature. Organic refers to carbon-based molecules. Many of which are known to be harmful to human health. Chemical contamination of indoor air is a contributing factor to the so called "Sick Building Syndrome".

Dioxin surrogates and VOC emissions online measurement

Pseudomonas elastase (LasB) is a key drug target in various chronic and intractable infections. A library of 160 potential, in-house synthesised, elastase inhibitors were screened using a fluorescence assay with the internally quenched substrate Abz-Ala-Gly-Leu-Ala-Nba. Enzymatic kinetic measurements were done on a FLUOstar OPTIMA and Km and Vmax values were calculated for each inhibitor using the MARS Data Analysis software.

The Oris™ Cell Migration Assays from Platypus offer certain advantages over traditional migration assays. Especially the TriCoated kits enable the researcher to test the effect of different extracellular matrix components like Collagen I or Fibronectin on migration. In this application note we show the real-time monitoring of cell migration using a POLARstar Omega from BMG LABTECH equipped with a CO2 gas vented system.

Here, we demonstrate the productivity gains possible with Xevo TQ-S for use in bioanalytical methods. Xevo TQ-S employs a unique RADAR functionality to collect data in the time scale of a narrow 1- to 2-second peak.