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Contents list for Analyst, issue 12, 2009
Front cover
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2373
DOI: 10.1039/b922961m
Inside front cover
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2374
DOI: 10.1039/b922962k
Contents and Highlights in Chemical Technology
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2375
DOI: 10.1039/b922963a
Critical Review
Fluorescent PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) sensors as potent analytical tools
A. Prasanna de Silva, Thomas S. Moody and Glenn D. Wright,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2385
DOI: 10.1039/b912527m
Fluorescent sensors can be rationally designed according to the 
fluorophore–spacer–receptor
system in order to solve various problems in analytical science.
Communications
Deep-UV-LEDs in photometric detection: A 255 nm LED on-capillary detector in capillary electrophoresis
Lenka Kr
mová, Anna Stjernlof, Sebastien Mehlen, Peter C. Hauser, Silvija Abele, Brett Paull and Mirek Macka,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2394
DOI: 10.1039/b916081g
A 255 nm deep-UV-LED is investigated as a light source for on-capillary photometric detection in capillary electrophoresis in view of fundamental properties of UV-LEDs including emission spectra and energy conversion.
Chemiluminescence from the reaction of tin(II) with tris(2,2
-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III)
Michelle E. Gange, Simon C. Parratt, Philip Jones, Paul S. Francis and Neil W. Barnett,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2397
DOI: 10.1039/b918641g
Tin(II) elicits intense chemiluminescence with tris(2,2-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III), which has been exploited for the determination of this metal ion in dental formulations.
Papers
Electrochemical probing of HIV enzymes using ferrocene-conjugated peptides on surfaces
Kagan Kerman and Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2400
DOI: 10.1039/b912083a
The interaction between Fc-conjugated peptides supported on gold surfaces and HIV-1 enzymes leads to a quantifiable electrochemical response.
Electrochemical microfluidic chips coupled to magnetic bead-based ELISA to control allowable levels of zearalenone in baby foods using simplified calibration
Miriam Hervás, Miguel Ángel López and Alberto Escarpa,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2405
DOI: 10.1039/b911839j
ELISA coupled with microfluidic-electrochemical chips are marriage for simple, fast and accurate control of zearalenone in baby foods.
Non-covalent biofunctionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes via biotin attachment by 
-stacking interactions and pyrrole polymerization
R. Haddad, S. Cosnier, A. Maaref and M. Holzinger,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2412
DOI: 10.1039/b916774a
For the development of biosensors, single-walled carbon nanotubes were functionalized with biotin using two methods: electropolymerization of a biotin–pyrrole derivative, and formation of -stacking interactions between the nanotube sidewall and biotinylated pyrene.
Quantification of acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide in the headspace of malignant and non-malignant lung cells in vitro by SIFT-MS
Josep Sulé-Suso, Andriy Pysanenko, Patrik 
pan
l and David Smith,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2419
DOI: 10.1039/b916158a
Concentrations of acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide have been measured in the headspace of cultured normal and malignant cells in vitro in the search for volatile biomarkers of lung tumours via exhaled breath analysis.
Development of an efficient on-chip digestion system for protein analysis using MALDI-TOF MS
Jeonghoon Lee, Steven A. Soper and Kermit K. Murray,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2426
DOI: 10.1039/b916556h
A novel solid-phase bioreactor with micropost-structured channels was constructed and operated with electrokinetically-driven flow for the digestion of proteins and coupled off-line with MALDI-TOF MS.
A gel-based solid-phase amplification and its application for SNP typing and sequencing on-chip
Huan Huang, Pengfeng Xiao, Zongtai Qi, Ying Bu, Wenbo Liu and Guohua Zhou,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2434
DOI: 10.1039/b915121d
Genotyping and pyrosequencing were achieved by directly using amplicons from three-dimensional hydrogel-based solid-phase amplification (SPA).
Recognition of organic compounds in aqueous solutions by chemiluminescence on an array of catalytic nanoparticles
Hao Kong, Sichun Zhang, Na Na, Da Liu and Xinrong Zhang,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2441
DOI: 10.1039/b917538e
The catalytic oxidization of sample aerosols produces distinct chemiluminescence (CL) response patterns on the array of catalytic nanoparticles. These unique patterns can be differentiated by linear discriminant analysis (LDA).
Mercury(II) sensing based on the quenching of fluorescence of CdS–dendrimer nanocomposites
Bruno B. Campos, Manuel Algarra, Beatriz Alonso, Carmen M. Casado and Joaquim C. G. Esteves da Silva,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2447
DOI: 10.1039/b914302e
A water soluble Hg(II) sensor, based on the quenching of the fluorescence of the nanocomposite constituted by the dendrimer DAB and CdS quantum dots, was synthesized allowing detection at the micromolar concentration range.
A colorimetric sensor array of porous pigments
Sung H. Lim, Jonathan W. Kemling, Liang Feng and Kenneth S. Suslick,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2453
DOI: 10.1039/b916571a
A simple colorimetric sensor array capable of the detection and identification of toxic gases has been developed that uses a disposable printed array of chemically-responsive porous pigments printed on a porous membrane.
A nanobiosensor to detect single hybridization events
Giuseppe Maruccio, Elisabetta Primiceri, Pasquale Marzo, Valentina Arima, Antonio Della Torre, Ross Rinaldi, Teresa Pellegrino, Roman Krahne and Roberto Cingolani,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2458
DOI: 10.1039/b920559b
In this paper, we report a nanoarray method to electrically detect single biorecognition events.
Microfluidic chip-based electrochemical immunoassay for hippuric acid
Sung Ju Yoo, Young Bong Choi, Jong Il Ju, Gun-Sik Tae, Hyug Han Kim and Sang-Hoon Lee,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2462
DOI: 10.1039/b915356j
The microfluidic chip-based electrochemical immunoassay system is proposed for the rapid and quantitative detection of hippuric acid in urine with a small sample volume.
A novel reversed reporting agent method for surface-enhanced Raman scattering; highly sensitive detection of glutathione in aqueous solutions
Genin Gary Huang, Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Xiao X. Han and Yukihiro Ozaki,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2468
DOI: 10.1039/b914976g
Silver colloidal nanoparticles are capped with SERS active dye molecules to determine the concentration level of tripeptide glutathione by monitoring the SERS signal reduction caused after the addition of glutathione.
Development of a chromium speciation probe based on morphology-dependent aggregation of polymerized vesicle-functionalized gold nanoparticles
Nikolaos I. Kapakoglou, Dimosthenis L. Giokas, George Z. Tsogas, Athanasios K. Ladavos and Athanasios G. Vlessidis,
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2475
DOI: 10.1039/b909619a
A selective chromium speciation probe is fabricated based on polymerized vesicle–gold nanoparticle conjugates which undergo morphological transitions upon permeation of trivalent chromium through the polymeric vesicular membrane enabling the differentiation of its species by UV spectroscopy.
Back matter
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2484
DOI: 10.1039/b922964g
Back cover
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2487
DOI: 10.1039/b922965p
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