Technology News - November 2010

SFC System
SFC-Fusion™ A5

• Converts standard Agilent binary pumping HPLCs into analytical SFC systems
• Supports 0.5 to 5 ml/min flow at 100 to 400 bar
• Provides ultra-fast throughput using 1.8 μm particles
• Built-in condenser allows the use of vapor phase CO2 at room temperature

Aurora SFC
www.aurorasfc.com

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
Fast Detection Speeds for UHPLC

The LCMS-8030 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments features UFsweeper® technology, which accelerates ions out of the collision cell by forming a pseudo-potential surface. This results in high-efficiency collision-induced dissociation (CID) and ultra-fast ion transport for higher sensitivity. UFsweeper also enables the system to deliver fast MRM acquisition times.

With a high-speed scanning rate of 15,000 u/sec, the LCMS-8030 can provide full spectrum scans within a series of MRM measurements, providing confirmation of target compounds with information-rich ion spectra.

“All of this means that you can get more data points per peak than ever before from a triple quad,” said Robert Classon, LCMS Business Development Manager, Shimadzu. “Even HPLC peaks that are less than one second wide can be accurately quantitated, so you run samples faster and boost productivity and throughput.”

When paired with the Nexera UHPLC, the LCMS-8030 can provide accurate detection of peaks only one-second wide. In addition, a polarity switching time of 15 msec enables ultra-fast triple quadrupole measurement.

“Researchers who want to use a UHPLC system as a front end to a triple quad… can really boost their productivity,” Classon added. “Users can realistically increase their overall throughput by 50 to 100 percent.”

For more information, visit www.ssi.shimadzu.com.

Scanning Electron Microscopes
Nova™ NanoSEM 50 Series

• Features a 110 mm stage with up to 75-degree motorized tilt for a wide range of sample sizes and configurations
• NanoSEM 450 Permits electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) analysis without pre-tilted holders
• NanoSEM 650 features a high-precision 150 mm piezoelectric stage, providing 100-percent coverage of six-inch wafers or masks

FEI Company
www.fei.com

Ultra High Pressure LC System
ACQUITY UPLC H-Class Bio

• AutoBlend Plus Technology automatically blends mobile phase gradients by percent, pH, or ionic strength, enabling binary, ternary, or quaternary gradient operation
• Optional six-port solvent select valve enables optimized method conditions
• Features a flow-through-needle sample manager

Waters
www.waters.com

Pressure/Flow Rate Sensors
Mitos

• Designed to minimize interference with the liquid flow
• Range includes 5 flow rate sensors and 1 pressure sensor (-0.5 – 30 bar)
• Devices are fully interchangeable and can run stand-alone or integrated with a Mitos P-Pump for the efficient logging of flow rate output

Dolomite
www.dolomite-microfluidics.com

Multiplexing Instrument
MAGPIX

• Features magnetic bead-based technology
• Simultaneously measures up to 50 analytes in as little as 25 μL of sample
• Offers more than 20 MILLIPLEX MAG Panels (magnetic bead immunoassay panels) for metabolic disease, inflammation, toxicity, neuroscience, and cell signaling research

Millipore
www.millipore.com

NIR Software
Vision 3.50 Service Pack 5

• XDS Liquid Adapter can now be used with either the XDS Rapid Content Analyzer (RCA), or the XDS Rapid Solids Analyzer (RSM)
• Compatible with Windows 7
• Compliant with 21 CFR Part 11
• Features secure data archiving, report generation and database and spreadsheet compatibitlity

FOSS NIRSystems
www.foss-nirsystems.com