2 May / June 2019 Foreword
Welcome to the second edition of Chromatography Today in 2019. With this issue I would like to introduce the newest member of the editorial review board - Dr James P. Grinias. Jim is currently an Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with research interests focused on the fundamentals of separations in capillary and microfluidic columns as well as applications in the neuroscience, molecular physiology, and pharmaceutical fields. Jim received his B.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Michigan University, his PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan. His work has led to dozens of presentations and peer-reviewed journal articles, with formal recognition as the HPLC 2013 Csaba Horváth Young Scientist Award winner and being named as one of the world’s ‘Top 40 Under 40’ analytical scientists. Jim is actively involved in a local Chromatography Forum and has served on multiple organising committees for the HPLC Symposium Series.
Trevor Hopkins - Editor
The focus areas within the two themes of Modern Chromatography Applications and Fundamental Aspects of Chromatography for this edition are ‘Novel petroleum and petrochemical applications’ and ‘Ambient ionisation techniques for mass spectrometry (MS)’ respectively. These two themes will be separated by the Chromatography Today KnowledgeBase and two other off-topic articles.
The ‘Novel petroleum and petrochemical application’ articles are a snapshot of the oral presentations given at the recent PEFTEC 2019 - The 3rd International Conference & Exhibition on Downstream, Petroleum, Refining and Environmental Technologies organised by International Labmate Exhibitions, which took place on the 22nd - 23rd May in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The articles all focus on gas chromatography (GC) applications (as would be expected for petrochemical analyses) ranging from one dimensional GC using Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (VUV) detection, an article employing high-resolution MS coupled to Photoionisation- two dimensional GC (GC×GC) for Petrochemicals Characterisation and even a carrier-gas-free GC BTEX analyser for air pollution monitoring using a high-sensitivity Photo Ionisation Detector.
The other articles in this issue separating the two focus areas are an article from Francois Couderc from the University of Toulouse reviews, as a follow on to the last issue of Chromatography Today, through examples the most important applications developed in Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser induced fluorescence detection (CE/LIF) over the last twenty years for both small and large molecules. The second off-topic article for this issue, a follow on from the last issues topic of Agricultural Applications, is on the LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Glyphosate, AMPA, and Glufosinate in Cereals from MilliporeSigma.
The ‘Ambient ionisation techniques for MS’ focus area articles cover the technologies available for ambient ionisation for MS and are led by an article by Dr Robert ‘Chip’ Cody, of Jeol USA, the co-inventor
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of the Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) for mass spectrometry technology, which offered a quantum leap in the speed and precision of mass spectrometry analysis when released in 2005. DART can be used directly without prior sample preparation. It can analyse samples directly on surfaces such as concrete, currency, food, pills and clothing and its applications include security, forensics, environmental, food analysis, materials and pharmaceuticals. The other technology featured is Selected Ion Flow Tube (SIFT) Mass Spectrometry and its applicability to the economical and rapid screening of flavours.
The next issue of Chromatography Today will be focusing on SFC coupled to MS and Doping analysis in sports and horse racing.
Each edition of Chromatography Today is packed with valuable information, however it is impossible to include everything that is submitted. The new revised Chromatography Today website (www.
chromatographytoday.com) is the repository where you will find the other submissions, the latest news from the world of separation science and access to all the historical articles. Perusing the trending news and article sections, it is surprising how much separation science plays a part in daily life without us ever appreciating it, or even realising it. There is a diverse range of areas highlighting just how important separation science is to society with a calendar of events and articles on food, biofuels, medicine, forensics, brewing and environmental clean-up. Please take a look and if you are not a current recipient of the Chromatography Today e-bulletin - please sign up today.
As always, we welcome article submissions, topic ideas for inclusion in future issues and feedback from our readership. If you have any feedback on this edition of Chromatography Today, please contact us as we are always looking to improve the publication.
Trevor.
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