August 2014

News from Markes | Review Markes’ products on SelectScience | New technical articles from Markes | New application notes | Posters and blog updates

Over recent months we have placed several news items on the website. These include (click on the links for further details):

• How to use volatiles to assess quality and shelf-life of fresh-cut produce – An interview with the researchers from Cardiff University on the EU Quafety project
• Markes International and its mass spectrometry division ALMSCO merge
• Markes continues to strengthen its position in the Chinese analytical instrument market
• New Humidifier Accessory from Markes set to improve analysis of chemical emissions from materials
• Revolutionary ion-source technology receives official recognition

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Since our last newsletter, our application specialists have had several interesting and useful articles published (click on the titles to take you to the relevant news pages). These include:

• ‘A new outlook on soft ionization for GC–MS’, published in Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry – featuring our new Select-eV variable-energy electron ionization technology.
• ‘Sampling volatile organic compounds released from packaged meat’, published in International Meat Topics – featuring Easy-VOC, TD-100 and TargetView.
• ‘Characterization of allergens in cosmetics by GC×GC–TOF-MS with variable-energy electron ionization’, published in LCGC: The Column – featuring Select-eV.

We also have a page on our website where we periodically review published research papers. The latest of these focuses on use of our BenchTOF instrument to detect boar taint odorants in pig fat:

• Rapid analysis of compounds responsible for ‘boar-taint’ using dynamic headspace with TD–GC–TOF MS

We have also published a number of Application Notes, which are available for download from the website (log into your account to enable download):

TD-focused Application Notes

• 108 – Optimisation of TD methods to minimise carryover over semi-volatiles during direct desorption of a polymer.
• 109 – Improving productivity and reducing costs by off-line sorbent-tube conditioning.

TOF MS-focused Application Notes

• 522 – Characterisation of allergens in cosmetics by GC×GC–TOF MS with Select-eV variable-energy electron ionisation.
• 523 – Enhancing aroma profiling of wine with GC–TOF MS.
• 524 – Analysis of complex petrochemicals by GC×GC–TOF MS with Select-eV variable-energy electron ionisation.
• 525 – Rapid analysis of environmental contaminants by fast GC–TOF MS with Select-eV variable-energy electron ionisation.
• 526 – Automated comparative analysis of GC–MS chromatograms using ChromCompare.

Posters from HTC-13, Air Quality, Pittcon, ISCC (‘Riva’) and Indoor Air can now be downloaded from our website (log into your account to enable download).

Recent blog items have included:

• Markes events round-up
• How do we tackle ‘chemophobia’?
• UK air pollution hits the headlines
• Select-eV launch at HTC-13