Immunoassays use antibodies to detect and quantitate proteins, and are in use in many laboratories. This pocket-sized reference guide allows quick access to the fundamental techniques required when undertaking an immunoassay.

The Polymer Networks Group (PNG) is an independent international group for the promotion of international contacts and the stimulation of research in the field of polymer networks. This area of polymer science deals with the behaviour of polymers at elevated temperatures.

The octanol-water partition coefficient is a laboratory-measured property of a substance. It provides a thermodynamic measure of the tendency of the substance to prefer a non-aqueous or oily milieu rather than water (i.e. its hydrophilic/lipophilic balance). Partition coefficients are used extensively in medicinal chemistry, drug design, ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry. The partition coefficient is recognized by governmental and international agencies (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OECD) as a physical property of organic pollutants equal in importance to vapour pressure,...