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Issue 03/2023

Metal-free for better results – inert LC columns

compared to conventional systems. All phosphopeptide components could be detected with the coated columns and with PEEK-lined columns. Compared to this, when using a metal column, some compounds were adsorbed…

Issue 03/2023

Three new top performers

Three new top performers AIRsight FTIR/Raman Microscope, Brevis GC-2050 and AIMsight Infrared Microscope Dr. Franz Kramp, Dr. Johannes Hesper, Shimadzu Europa GmbH They are high-performance, compact and user friendly: With…

Issue 03/2023

Critical mass: Studying treatments for age-related muscle loss

…only came about because of a major investment by Leeds Beckett University in the Carnegie School of Sport. Opened in 2020, the new building brought together previously separate facilities under…

Issue 03/2023

Copper bottles: (un)healthy trend?

…up to 60 samples can be measured comfortably. The comprehensive safety functions also make the use of acetylene gas extremely safe, which makes it ideal for the analysis of trace…

Issue 03/2023

A guardian of purity

for total sulfur compound quantification in hydrogen fuel. [1] Hydrogen Fuel Basics | Department of Energy [2] Better Understanding of Green Hydrogen | Podcast | Siemens Energy Global (siemens-energy.com) [3]…

Issue 03/2023

Environmentally friendly and human-safe materials for regenerative medicine

…process. Nanosilver is one of the currently used alternatives to antibiotics when it comes to antibacterial protection of the wound healing area. Besides, some polymers (for example chitosan) show low…

Issue 03/2023

Closing the loop on emissions

and natural NET. [1] Statista: Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2021 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/; Annual carbon dioxide (COβ‚‚) emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2022 https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/…

Issue 03/2023

Why do batteries age?

and additives to ensure a stable transport of Li ions during charging and discharging processes. At the end of these chemical and electrochemical processes, oligomeric organic compounds (Figure 1) [1]…

Issue 02/2023

Determining nutritional value and detecting fraud

…to compare this commonly used method with a new method using gas chromatography and a mass spectrometric detector (GC-MS). To assist them, they turned to Shimadzu, who produce all of…

Issue 02/2023

Faster and automated analysis of aroma compounds in cosmetics

…sophisticated analyses of aroma compounds in cosmetics or other samples with complex matrices. And all of that makes a big difference. Table 2: Summary of identification results Compound Similarity Score…