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Contents list for Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, issue 1, 2010
Editorials
JAAS—25 years of success!
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 11
DOI: 10.1039/b924768h

Detlef Günther, Chair of the JAAS Editorial Board, Niamh O'Connor, Editor and May Copsey, Deputy Editor celebrate 25 years of JAAS and what
s coming for JAAS and RSC publishing in 2010. Steven J. Ray introduces the JAASNews webpage.
Editorial Board profiles
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 14
DOI: 10.1039/b924769f

Communication
Immunoaffinity assisted LC-ICP-MS—a versatile tool in biomedical research
S. Hann, K. Boeck and G. Koellensperger,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 18
DOI: 10.1039/b911462a

A novel concept of combining immunochemistry with elemental speciation analysis has potential use for targeted protein and peptide quantification in complex biological matrices.
Papers
Fundamental studies on the ablation behaviour of Pb/U in NIST 610 and zircon 91500 using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with respect to geochronology
Barbara K. Kuhn, Karin Birbaum, Yan Luo and Detlef Günther,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 21
DOI: 10.1039/b917261k

This study reports experiments and results elucidating the sources of fractionation preventing NIST 610 from being used as external calibration material for Pb/U age determination in zircons.
3D-reconstruction of an object by means of a confocal micro-PIXE
Matja
itnik, Nata
a Grlj, Primo
Vaupeti
, Primo
Pelicon, Klemen Bu
ar, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Andreas Germanos Karydas and Birgit Kanngießer,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 28
DOI: 10.1039/b912058k

A series of concentration slices was determined by a confocal micro-PIXE method to image a hematite particle in 3D. The reconstruction method can be extended to small objects containing an unknown share of
visible
elements (Z > 10).
Indirect determination of trace amounts of lithium via complex with iron by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Beata Zawisza,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 34
DOI: 10.1039/b911010k

A method for the determination of trace amounts of lithium by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry using stoichiometric potassium lithium periodatoferrate(III) complex was developed. The carried out method can be used for the determination of lithium inter alia in geological materials.
Study on microscopic homogeneity of polymeric candidate reference materials BAM H001–BAM H010 by means of synchrotron µ-XRF and LA-ICP-MS
Christoph Simons, Christian Mans, Stephanie Hanning, Anton Janßen, Martin Radtke, Uwe Reinholz, Markus Ostermann, Matthias Michaelis, Julia Wienold, Dorothea Alber and Martin Kreyenschmidt,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 40
DOI: 10.1039/b917008a

The homogeneity of plastic reference materials containing Br, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb was investigated. Their suitability for XRF and LA-ICP-MS has been shown.
A three phase rotating field microwave plasma design for a low-flow helium plasma generation
Krzysztof Jankowski, Andrzej P. Ramsza, Edward Reszke and Micha
Strzelec,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 44
DOI: 10.1039/b904428k

A new helium plasma source with rotating microwave field generated within the three electrodes has been developed. The plasma parameters provides a Texc of up to 4000 K and a ne of up to 7.5 × 1014 cm-3.
Arsenic speciation with gradient hydride generation interfacing liquid chromatography and atomic absorption spectrometry
Yong Tian, Ming-Li Chen, Xu-Wei Chen, Jian-Hua Wang, Yoshihiro Hirano, Hideyuki Sakamoto and Ikumei Setsu,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 48
DOI: 10.1039/b913198a

Gradient hydride generation with a specific acid concentration for each arsenic species facilitates favorable conversion of hydride, leads to improved sensitivity with liquid chromatographic separation and atomic spectrometric detection.
Speciation of gadolinium based MRI contrast agents in environmental water samples using hydrophilic interaction chromatography hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Chinthalapati Siva Kesava Raju, Antje Cossmer, Holger Scharf, Ulrich Panne and Detlef Lück,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 55
DOI: 10.1039/b919959d

A novel HILIC-ICP-MS method has been developed for the speciation and subsequent determination of Gd based MRI contrast agents from the direct water samples for the first time.
Use of a nano-electrospray/inductively coupled plasma dual-source time-of-flight mass spectrometer for chromium speciation
Duane A. Rogers, Steven J. Ray and Gary M. Hieftje,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 62
DOI: 10.1039/b918622k

Chromium speciation analysis is performed with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer which simultaneously provides elemental, isotopic, quantitative, structural, and molecular information by employing an electrospray ionization source and an inductively couple plasma in parallel.
Technical Notes
Accelerator mass spectrometry in the attomolar concentration range for 14C-labeled biologically active compounds in complex matrixes
Niklas Forsgard, Mehran Salehpour and Göran Possnert,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 74
DOI: 10.1039/b906433h

Accelerator mass spectrometry in combination with column switching and Restricted Access Media column facilitates concentration measurements of drugs in blood down to 450 attomolar.
A fast sample preparation procedure for mercury speciation in hair samples by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to ICP-MS
Samuel S. de Souza, Jairo L. Rodrigues, Vanessa C. de Oliveira Souza and Fernando Barbosa Jr.,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 79
DOI: 10.1039/b911696f

A simple method for mercury speciation in hair samples with a fast sample preparation procedure using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry is proposed.
High-precision analysis of Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in corals by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry
Wenfeng Deng, Ying Liu, Gangjian Wei, Xianhua Li, Xianglin Tu, Luhua Xie, Hong Zhang and Weidong Sun,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 84
DOI: 10.1039/b912112a

A method to determine high-precision Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios in corals by LA-ICP-OES is presented in this paper, which is promising in analysis of element/Ca ratios for coral and other carbonates.




