High Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) brings faster analysis speed and component resolution to the IC technique. Pressures up to 5000 psi on RFIC systems and smaller particle size columns make shorter retention times and higher efficiency separations achievable on all formats, including standard bore, microbore and capillary-scale systems. This presentation will highlight advances in HPIC and show examples from a variety of applications.

Whether you use HPLC or UHPLC as a stand-alone system or as the front end to your mass spectrometer, find out why the Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ UltiMate™ 3000 product line offers the most complete and flexible configurations for your analytical requirements. This presentation will illustrate the capabilities of the UltiMate pumps, autosamplers and detectors, including the new electrochemical detector (ECD).

There is currently a surge of interest in using triple quadrupole analyzers for routine quantitation and confirmation in GC-MS. To make this relatively complex technique more accessible, tools have been developed for the Thermo Scientific™ TSQ™ 8000 triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS to simplify method development and daily operation. This presentation will highlight these tools using the comprehensive screening of pesticides as an application example.

Innovations in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instrument design have produced an analyzer that is easy to use but powerful, thus providing high productivity and excellent results. This presentation will focus on the applications of new technologies in ICP sample introduction and detection that help achieve results quickly, simply and efficiently.

The Thermo Scientific™ Nicolet™ iS™50 FT-IR spectrometer, featuring purpose-built accessories and integrated software, is a complete materials analysis workstation. The highly flexible system defines usability through one-touch setup and operation. This presentation will highlight the ATR, FT-Raman, and NIR modules, which can be accessed at the touch of a button without manually changing system components.

HPAE-PAD is a well-established analytical method that separates carbohydrates via specific interactions between the hydroxyl groups of glycans, which are charged at high pH, and the ion-exchange stationary phase. This presentation will discuss the separation of glycans in biological mixtures as well as key monosaccharides in the area of biofuels development, including compositional carbohydrate analysis of feedstock for cellulosic biofuels.

Hyphenation enables the analysis of complex materials like rubber or cannabinoids. The Nicolet iS50 offers cutting edge hardware and software tools to expedite these investigations.

The Thermo Scientific™ picoSpin™ 45 proton NMR spectrometer is a true breakthrough in chemical instrumentation. It occupies a small fraction of the space of a conventional NMR spectrometer and does not require specialized knowledge or training for operation. This presentation details how the picoSpin 45 spectrometer makes NMR accessible in the classroom and laboratory for every organic chemistry and instrumental analysis student.

Identifying how instruments are used throughout your laboratory helps you to optimize operations, drive cost savings and improve productivity. However, capturing instrument use data in a lab with an array of different manufacturers, techniques, control software and computer platforms is challenging. This presentation provides solutions for overcoming these challenges and gives critical information on monitoring asset use in your laboratory.

This presentation will discuss recent advances in life science mass spectrometry. Nominal and high-resolution, accurate mass system technology improvements will be described, including performance enhancements and novel workflow developments. The application of this latest technology in key market spaces will also be highlighted.

Increased sample throughput in the analytical laboratory has generated a demand for fast and efficient data processing. The new Thermo Scientific™ Chromeleon™ chromatography software version 7.2 combines unparalleled data processing capabilities with the ability to control and process mass spectrometry data. Applying these capabilities to routine mass spectrometer operation boosts productivity and increases the quality of analytical results.

Successfully transferring methods from HPLC to UHPLC requires recalculation of the chromatographic parameters. The Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ Rapid Separation LC (RSLC) Method Transfer Calculator, embedded in Thermo Scientific™ Chromeleon™ software version 7.1, streamlines this process. This presentation will demonstrate how optimum instrument settings are automatically calculated based on known parameters of the conventional HPLC application.

The newest technology in static headspace instrumentation can move beyond automated sample injections to more advanced tasks, such as dilutions for automated standard curve generation, internal standard additions and derivatization routines. This presentation will discuss the analysis of halogenated contaminants at ppt levels in drinkable water, as well as high-throughput forensic, pharma and material characterization analyses.

The Thermo Scientific™ picoSpin™ 45 proton NMR spectrometer is an inexpensive, yet powerful, shoebox-sized tool for molecular analysis in industrial research and development and QA/QC applications. This presentation will detail the study of silanes, siloxanes and a variety of polymers on the picoSpin 45 spectrometer.

The Thermo Scientific™ TraceFinder™ software package offers market-specific variants for LC, GC, LC-MS, and GC-MS analysis. In addition to providing a unified software platform, TraceFinder software offers a variety of productivity enhancements, including a simplified compound database and an optional intelligent sequencing module. This presentation will provide an overview of TraceFinder software and illustrate its impressive power.

Even in the most up-to-date laboratories there are significant roadblocks to productivity. Inefficient software and traditional instrument design increase the costs of analysis. This presentation will describe how an intuitive common software platform and innovative instrument design can maximize productivity, reduce overhead in your lab and provide the required data at the lowest cost.

Charge detection, when combined with conductivity detection, can provide additional analytical information about sample components. The Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ QD™ charge detector offers quantification of known and unknown ions and improved linear dynamic range and sensitivity for weakly dissociated ions. This presentation will discuss charge detection and how it can be used in the identification of unknown sample components.

Laboratories often delay the implementation of paperless technology because of the complexity of connecting heterogeneous informatics systems. This presentation will illustrate, using real life examples, solutions available to deliver the paperless environment while providing financial, quality and productivity improvements. Additionally, implementation strategies that provide a successful and measurable business transformation will be discussed.