Atomic / Ezine
Atom foreshadowed: Optical limits
Date: Jul 15, 2012
Author: David Bradley
Australian researchers have carried out the first absorption imaging of a single atom isolated in a vacuum and clearly reveal a visible shadow cast by the atom.
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Journal Highlight: The variation of mineral profiles from grape juice to monovarietal Cabernet Sauvignon wine in the vinification process
Date: Jul 2, 2012
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The variation of the profiles of 10 minerals in the vinification process was investigated to lay the foundations for hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP).
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Helical light: Interference and tweezers
Date: Jun 15, 2012
Author: David Bradley
A scientist in the UK has demonstrated theoretically that "dark" helices formed by laser beams could be useful in lithography, chiral separations of molecules and optical tweezer applications.
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Journal Highlight: Study on the provenance of Xicun Qingbai wares from the northern Song Dynasty of China
Date: Jun 4, 2012
Author: spectroscopyNOW
Qingbai porelain samples from the Xicun, Hutian (Jingdezhen) and Chaozhou (Guangdong Province) kilns were analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence probe.
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Journal Highlight: Plasma protein oxidation correlation in sickle-cell anemia patients
Date: May 15, 2012
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The oxidative medium of sickle-cell anemia was evaluated by protein oxidation parameters and their correlation with lipids and metal ions were investigated both in the plasma and in the erythrocyte.
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Sounding out heavy metals: Ultrasonic AAS booster
Date: May 15, 2012
Author: David Bradley
Ultrasonic water dissolution at room temperature facilitates a rapid and simple analytical approach to the determination of iron, manganese and zinc with flow injection flame atomic absorption spectrometry.
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Strip and test: Mercury revealed
Date: May 1, 2012
Author: David Bradley
A strip test for mercury ions in water samples offers results comparable with atomic absorption spectroscopy measurements, according to a team from Ningbo University, China.
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Journal Highlight: Intercomparison of PIXE and ICP-AES analyses of aeolian dust from Owens (Dry) Lake, California
Date: Apr 2, 2012
Author: spectroscopyNOW
Elemental data for aeolian dust from Owens (Dry) Lake, California, has been obtained by particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and ICP-AES to give a wider ragne of detected elements.
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Ablation on the horizon: LAMIS lands
Date: Mar 15, 2012
Author: David Bradley
US researchers are developing the next generation of laser ablation technology that might one day be used to carry out isotopic analysis of industrial and medical samples and perhaps even be used in a future planetary lander to test extraterrestrial rocks.
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Journal Highlight: An intercomparison study of analytical methods for the determination of magnesium in low alloy steel
Date: Mar 5, 2012
Author: spectroscopyNOW
In an intercomparison study, the trace magnesium contents of three low alloy steel materials were analyzed by five different analytical techniques: spark-OES, ICP-OES, ICP-TOFMS, ICP-QMS and glow discharge mass spectrometry.
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