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Daniel I. Herman, Eleanor M. Waxman, Gabriel G. Ycas, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington
We combine high-resolution mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with attenuated total reflectance measurements to provide in-situ monitoring of a chemical reaction. The mid-infrared dual-comb spectrometer measures quantitative absorption cross-sections of
Richard Beger, Warwick B. Dunn, Abbas Bandukwala, Bianca Bethan, David Broadhurst, Clary B. Clish, Surendra Dasari, Leslie Derr, Annie Evans, Steve Fischer, Thomas Flynn, Thomas Hartung, David Herrington, Richard Higashi, Ping-Ching Hsu, Christina Jones, Maureen Kachman, Helen Karuso, Gary Kruppa, Katrice Lippa, Padma Maruvada, Jonathan D. Mosley, Ionna Ntai, Clair O?Donovan, Mary Playdon, Daniel Raftery, Daniel Shaughnessy, Amanda Souza, Timothy Spaeder, Barbara Spalholz, Mukesh Verma, Tilman Walk, Ian Wilson, Daniel Bearden, Krista Zanetti
We describe here the agreed upon first development steps and priority objectives of a community engagement effort to address current challenges in quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in untargeted metabolomic studies. This has included (1) a QA
Wieland Karin, Georg Ramer, Victor U. Weiss, Guenter Allmaier, Bernhard Lendl, Andrea Centrone
Dosage of chemotherapeutic drugs is a tradeoff between efficacy and side-effects. Liposomes are nanocarriers that increase therapy efficacy and minimize side-effects by delivering otherwise difficult to administer therapeutics with improved efficiency and
Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen, Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Jingyu Liu, John M. Pettibone
Structure transformation of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) often dictates their efficacy, safety, and environmental impact. To address the existing significant knowledge gap regarding the fundamental kinetic rate and extent of ENMs transformation in
A combination of thermal neutron (TN) and cold neutron (CN) PGAA has been used to improve accuracy, precision, detection limits, and sample throughput time in PGAA. CNPGAA was used to measure element ratios relative to a comparator element, while TNPGAA
M. L. De Leoz, Yamil Simon, Robert J. Woods, Stephen E. Stein
Reference spectral library searching, while widely used to identify compounds in other areas of mass spectrometry, is not commonly used in glycomics. Building on a study by Cotter and coworkers on analysis of sialylated oligosaccharides using atmospheric
Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Vladimir Vartanian, Onur Erdem, Patricia Egner, John D. Groopman, R. S. Lloyd, Miral M. Dizdar
Dietary exposure to aflatoxin (AFB1) is a significant reason for the incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas globally. AFB1-exposure leads to the formation of AFB1-N7-guanine (AFB1-N7-Gua) and two diastereomers of 8,9-dihydro-8-(2,6-diamino-4-oxo-3,4
John Bowden, Candice Z. Ulmer, Christina Jones, Richard A. Yost, Timothy J. Garrett
In order to investigate changes in the lipidome, analysis by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) typically requires the extraction of lipid content from sample matrices using optimized, matrix
The trace detection and forensic analysis of fuel-oxidizer mixtures, specifically targeting black powders and black powder substitutes, directly from wipe-based sample collections was demonstrated using infrared thermal desorption (IRTD) coupled with
Solutions of organic analytes of known mass fraction are typically used to calibrate the measurement processes used to determine these compounds in matrix samples. Appropriate value assignments and uncertainty calculations for calibration solutions are
David L. Duewer, Jacolin A. Murray, Laura J. Wood, Stephen A. Wise
Extraction, chromatographic separation, and quantification of low-concentration organic compounds in complex matrices are core challenges for reference material producers and providers of calibration services. Evidence of successful participation in formal
Luke W. Arbogast, Frank Delaglio, Joel R. Tolman, John P. Marino
While the use of 1H-13C methyl correlated NMR spectroscopy at natural isotopic abundance has been demonstrated as feasible on protein therapeutics as large as monoclonal antibodies, spectral interference from aliphatic excipients remains a significant
Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Premsagar P. Kavuri, Antonio M. Possolo, Natalia Farkas, Andras Vladar, Karen E. Murphy, Michael R. Winchester
Single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (spICP-MS) is an emerging technique capable of measuring nanoparticle size and number concentration simultaneously, of metal-containing nanoparticles (NPs) at environmentally relevant levels
Chuck Barber, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Carolyn Burdette, Johanna Camara, Stephen E. Long, Jacolin Murray, Melissa M. Phillips, Benjamin Place, Kate Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Susan Tai, Siva K. Chinthalapati, Lee L. Yu
The NIST Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) was launched in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the
Jingyu Liu, Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen, Aaron Johnston-Peck, John M. Pettibone
The processing of nanomaterials in natural and engineered systems, which controls their fate and performance, is determined by the relative rates of the predominant reaction pathways present. Commonly used techniques for determining the reaction kinetics
The accurate measurement of uranium isotope ratios from trace samples lies at the foundation of achieving nuclear non-proliferation. These challenging measurements necessitate both the continued characterization and evaluation of evolving mass
Nicole L. Ritzert, Veronika Szalai, Thomas P. Moffat
Understanding the role of macroscopic and atomic defects in the interfacial electron transfer properties of layered transition metal dichalcogenides is important in optimizing their performance in energy conversion and electronic devices. Means of
Maha Al-Tameemi, Sadia Arif, Andres Campiglia, Walter Brent Wilson, Stephen Wise
The dispersion of harmful oil components into the ocean waters could pose long-term risks to flora and fauna. Due to the complexity of oil-contaminated sites, the unambiguous identification and quantitation of environmental pollutants often requires the
Dianne L. Poster, Carl C. Miller, Yaw S. Obeng, Michael T. Postek, Troy E. Cowan, Richard A. Martinello
Nation-wide, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) infect one in every 25 hospital patients, account for more than 100,000 deaths and increase medical costs by around $96-147B, each year. Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) antimicrobial devices are shown to reduce the
The baseline separation of benzo[a]pyrene in complex samples via reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is particularly challenging due to the potential for interferences from other molecular mass 252 (MM, g/mol) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs
The purpose of the NIST Database for the Simulation of Electron Spectra for Surface Analysis (SESSA) is to facilitate quantitative interpretation of Auger-electron and X-ray photoelectron spectra (AES/XPS) for surface analysis and to improve the accuracy
The research presented here describes the development of two analytical methods for use in the certification of a ginsenoside calibration solution Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3389 consisting of seven ginsenosides: Rg1, Re, Rf, Rb1, Rc, Rb2, and Rd
A non-tomographic approach based on polarization-dependent infrared (IR) spectroscopy is proposed for a simultaneous measurement of the 3D angles and the orientational order parameter of a molecular orientation distribution. Unlike conventional
Refractive index retrievals (also termed inverse Mie methods or optical closure) have seen considerable use as a method to extract the refractive index of aerosol particles from measured optical properties. Retrievals of an aerosol refractive index use two