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Supporting Measurement Science with Annual Reviews
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Point of Care Diagnostics: Status and Future, Vladimir Gubala, Leanne Harris, Antonio J. Ricco, Ming Tan, and David E. Williams, DOI: 10.1021/ac2030199
nalytical Chemistry published its first Annual Reviews issue in 1949, shortly after the journal was renamed and refocused as “Analytical Chemistry”. (It was previously known as the “Analytical Edition” of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.) The editor, Walter J. Murphy, believed that authoritative and comprehensive Reviews were necessary to support the dynamic growth of measurement science. (See Royce Murray’s Editorial “A Brief History of this Journal” published in the December 1, 2011 issue.) In this January 17, 2012 issue of the journal, we continue the long tradition of supporting the technical sophistication and scientific diversity of our field with the publication of the 64th collection of Reviews. For many years our objective was to provide comprehensive coverage of the literature in core areas. However, in 2012 researchers can conveniently turn to SciFinder, GoogleScholar, and other search engines to locate relevant references and obtain comprehensive literature searches. Thus the journal has accepted the challenge to support our readers by providing critical reviews from pioneers in carefully selected cutting edge topics and by experts in traditional areas of analytical chemistry. After reflecting on the integrated nature of contemporary measurement science, we have combined topics previously separated in alternate years as “Fundamental” or “Applied” into a single yearly issue of “Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry”. Beginning in 2012, the Annual Reviews issue appears in January rather than in June. The 2012 Reviews define the status of point-of-care diagnostics; advances in microTAS; uses of nanoparticles in measurement science; electrochemical sensors; high-Q optical sensors; current issues in environmental analysis; top-down proteomics; advances in quantitative phosphoproteomics; molecular fluorescence; chiral separations; high resolution mass spectrometry; capillary electrophoresis; X-ray spectrometry, new electrochemical methods; interferometric methods to study molecular interactions; phospholipid films; and phytoplankton. It has been a pleasure to work with the distinguished authors of the articles in assembling this collection. Full references follow.
Micro Total Analysis Systems for Cell Biology and Biochemical Assays, Michelle L. Kovarik, Philip C. Gach, Douglas M. Ornof f, Yuli Wang, Joseph Balowski, Lila Farrag, and Nancy L. Allbritton, DOI: 10.1021/ac202611x Nanoparticles in Measurement Science, Francis Patrick Zamborini, Lanlan Bao, and Radhika Dasari, DOI: 10.1021/ ac203233q Capillary Electrophoresis, Matthew Geiger, Amy L. Hogerton, and Michael T. Bowser, DOI: 10.1021/ac203205a Molecular Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence Spectrometry, Susmita Das, Aleeta M. Powe, Gary A. Baker, Bertha C. Valle, Bilal El-Zahab, Herman O. Sintim, Mark Lowry, Sayo O. Fakayode, Matthew E. McCarroll, Gabor Patonay, Min Li, Robert M. Strongin, Maxwell Lei Geng, and Isiah M. Warner, DOI: 10.1021/ac202904n Chiral Separations: A Review of Current Topics and Trends, Timothy J. Ward, and Karen D. Ward, DOI: 10.1021/ac202892w X-ray Spectrometry, Koichi Tsuji, Kazuhiko Nakano, Yoshio Takahashi, Kouichi Hayashi, and Chul-Un Ro, DOI: 10.1021/ac202871b New Electrochemical Methods, Christopher BatchelorMcAuley, Edmund J. F. Dickinson, Neil V. Rees, Kathryn E. Toghill, and Richard G. Compton, DOI: 10.1021/ac2026767 Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors, Danielle W. Kimmel, Gabriel LeBlanc, Mika E. Meschievitz, and David E. Clif fel, DOI: 10.1021/ac202878q High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Feng Xian, Christopher L. Hendrickson, and Alan G. Marshall, DOI: 10.1021/ac203191t Advancements in Top-Down Proteomics, Hu Zhou, Zhibing Ning, Amanda E. Starr, Mohamed Abu-Farha, and Daniel Figeys, DOI: 10.1021/ac202882y
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Advances in Quantitative Phosphoproteomics, Carol L. Nilsson, DOI: 10.1021/ac202877y Environmental Mass Spectrometry: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues, Susan D. Richardson, DOI: 10.1021/ac202903d Special Issue: Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry Published: December 23, 2011 © 2011 American Chemical Society
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Interferometric Methods for Label-Free Molecular Interaction Studies, Amanda Kussrow, Carolyn S. Enders, and Darryl J. Bornhop, DOI: 10.1021/ac202812h High-Q Optical Sensors for Chemical and Biological Analysis, Matthew S. Luchansky and Ryan C. Bailey, DOI: 10.1021/ac2029024 Instrumental Methods to Characterize Molecular Phospholipid Films on Solid Supports, Irep Gözen, and Aldo Jesorka, DOI: 10.1021/ac203126f In Situ Phytoplankton Analysis: There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom, Jef f rey S. Erickson, Nastaran Hashemi, James M. Sullivan, Alan D. Weidemann, and Frances S. Ligler, DOI: 10.1021/ac201623k
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