Describes the basic prerequisities for a fluorometric immunoassay: the antibody, the immunological technology, the fluorescent probe, and the instrument. Provides a profile of the clinical applications of the various assay technologies. Topics include: background noise, the mechanization and automation of immunoassays, DNA-based specific binding assays, fluorescence immonosensors, multiparameter analyzing systems and more.

This volume focuses on all the fundamentals required to understand the theory and practice of powder diffraction with an emphasis on the two most important applications: qualitative and quantitative analysis. It should be of interest to technicians and upper-graduate/graduate students, as well as researchers in this field.

For the analyses of DNA and RNA, high pressure/performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is proving extremely useful as trace and ultratrace analyses can provide potentially helpful data for diagnostic studies. This text deals with both analyses, executed at or below ppm level, and with on-column injection at low microgram or nanogram level. A variety of applications, studies and methods are used as focal points for discussion, along with theoretical and equipment considerations.

Over the past three decades, luminescence spectroscopy has transcended its origins as a curiosity in the physical laboratory to become a widely used and respected staple of the analytical chemist's instrumentation arsenal. Fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and phosphorescence spectroscopies are now routinely applied to such real analytical problems as the quantitaion, qualitative identification, and structural characterization of organic and inorganic compounds and even of cellular structures. And the list of recent advances in analytical applications of luminescence spectroscopy keeps...

High-Resolution Solid-State NMR of Silicates and Zeolites Gunter Engelhardt and Dieter Michel "I strongly recommend this book as an important reference for scientists concerned with the structural properties of siliceous materials." --Applied Spectroscopy This well-organized and up-to-date text gives a thorough account of the wide range of applications of multinuclear high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy in silicate and zeolite science, with emphasis on the kinds of chemical information retrievable from NMR experiments. 1988 (0 471-91597-1) 485 pp. The Chemistry of Silica Solubility,...

Dealing with the principles of calibration--both the theoretical and mathematical constructs which relate features of calibration equations to the physical phenomena that affect instruments and samples used on generating information. Among derivations in leading spectroscopic and statistical literature, numerous necessary mathematical derivations have been specifically designed for this book. Covers the practical aspects of generating a calibration equation including how to recognize and deal with various types of problems affecting calibration dataset, relating theoretical ideas, and their...

An authoritative review of modern sensor technology--essential information for analytical chemists, biochemists, biotechnologists, spectroscopists, and chemical engineers As sensors begin to realize their commercial and practical potential in fields ranging from the automobile and semiconductor industries to environmental monitoring and clinical diagnostics, this timely work offers an important survey of the principles, construction, and applications of the most popular types of chemical and biological sensors in use today. Principles of Chemical and Biological Sensors brings together a...

Focusing on the technology of optimum data acquisition, this text presents coverage of the development of Fourier transform instruments and their application to problems in planetary and Earth atmospheric research. There is also a summary of the sampling and data processing aspects.

Describes the basics of analytical techniques, sampling and data handling in order to improve quality control in analytical laboratory management. Stresses what quality parameters can be improved and which ones should be rectified first. This edition includes numerous modern methods and the latest developments in time-proven techniques.

In this volume, leading experts discuss the characteristics, advantages, limitations and future aspects of modern spectroscopic techniques for environmental analysis. They then demonstrate how these methods can be applied in order to trace gas detection. The contributors concentrate on the latest applications - both laser and non-laser-based - which offer advantages for air pollution and gas monitoring as opposed to more conventional methods. Numerous examples of applications illustrate the potential of the techniques described.