calendar16 April 2018
Volume 14 Issue 4
The Column

16 April 2018 Issue

Look inside for practical advice on separation science and thought–provoking commentary.

Open the edition

More in this issue . . .
The 2017 Instrumental Innovations

Trends and developments

A snapshot of key trends and developments in the chromatography sector according to selected panellists from companies who exhibited at Analytica 2018.

read more

HTC-15 meeting preview

Chiral chromatography in antiepileptic drug development

The Column spoke to Arcadius V. Krivoshein, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston–Clear Lake, USA, about his work developing 3-ethyl-3-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one (EPP), an experimental anticonvulsant that can help to stop convulsions during epileptic seizures, and the role of chiral high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in this research.

read more

Investigating the world’s smelliest fruit

Solving the problem or merely addressing the issue?

Incognito focuses on a big challenge in regulated analytical chemistry laboratories.

read more

Selective proteolysis for mAb analysis

The influence of calibration curves on GPC/SEC results

How the type of calibrants and the quality of the calibration curve influences the results is discussed in this instalment of Tips & Tricks.

read more

How to treat your RI detector

Characterizing copolymers using SEC–MALS–dRI–UV

Using SEC–MALS–UV–dRI, poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) (PSAA) samples were analyzed to determine co-distributions of molecular weight and composition.

read more

The benefits of multidimensional chromatography

Solution viscosity determination of polymers

This article introduces the development of an automated and versatile technique for solution viscosity determination of a wide range of polymeric materials in different solvents.

read more

News update: The latest news

News update: The latest news

The latest research news and news in brief are featured in this issue.

read more