Company Announcements

In March, ACD/Labs announced a collaboration with Dr. Jacob Fisher of the University of Waterloo. He implemented ACD/NMR Predictors software as a student learning tool in his introductory computational chemistry course.

B&W Tek announced in March that its TacticID handheld Raman spectrometer is now available as part of the US Communities National Cooperative Purchasing Program through the distributor Safeware.

Applied Photophysics named Paul Walker, managing director of Malvern Instruments, to its Board in March.

In April, Nanophoton named Analytik as its exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.

Product Introductions

In March, Daylight Solutions launched the Spero-QT, its second generation high-performance IR chemical imaging microscope. The new system can produce twice the level of data in one-tenth of the time as the previous model. The instrument footprint is smaller and the stage travel has been increased to accommodate up to three slides.

Jenway, a Cole-Parmer company, introduced the 7205 UV/Visible spectrophotometer, with a wavelength range from a minimum of 335–198 nm to include the UV area. It is designed for fast and easy use in analytical chemistry, routine analysis and education laboratories.

In March, Uniqsis released the Flow-UV, an affordable in-line UV/Visible spectrophotometric detector for flow chemistry applications. It can be used with almost any commercial flow chemistry system. The detector can be positioned nearly anywhere in the flow path, and the reaction can be monitored over up to five wavelengths.

Bruker announced in March the PotencyMR solution, a cost effective “one-stop” NMR approach for determining the potency of drugs.

Bruker announced in March the VERTEX 80v, the verTera THz extension to its VERTEX FTIR spectrometer, which combines FTIR and continuous wave THz spectroscopy. It can be configured for spectral range from <3cm^-1 up to 50,000cm^-1 without cryogenically cooled components.

In March, Bruker announced the minspec G-Var benchtop TD-NMR solution for the fast determination of droplet-size distribution in food emulsions. It is based on a collaboration with Unilever.

Bruker launched in March the AVANCE NEO platform, its next generation NMR electronic console, offering faster control, improved dynamic range, and enhanced flexibility and scalability compared to the previous generation. The range is now extended to 1.2 GHz and beyond, and each console offers multiple receivers as a standard feature.

In March, Bruker introduced the TopSpin 4 software for its AVANCE NEO platform, featuring a new user interface and capabilities to support multiple receivers. The bioTop module performs most biomolecular tasks in full automation. The TopSolids module for solid state NRM is designed to give easy access to the delicate setup of probe hardware and complex solid state NMR experiments. Bruker also released the iProbe platform, a novel NMR probe architecture for increased signal to noise, and faster and more accurate RF tuning. Two new InsightMR applications were released: InsightXpress for NMR monitoring of reaction conditions, and InsightCell for monitoring live cells.

Paraytec released in March a new Large Area Detector system based on its ActiPix D200 UV/Visible Imaging Platform.

In March, Magritek introduced the Spinsolve ULTRA Benchtop NMR system, featuring the field homogeneity of a superconducting NMR magnet, for measuring sub-milli-molar components of mixtures in under 10 minutes. No sample preparation is required. It is available with multiple different nuclei, and with an operating frequency of 43 MHz or 60 MHz (for ¹H).

In April, Edinburgh Instruments launched the FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer, calling it “a complete luminescence lab in one instrument.” It can be configured for spectral measurements from the UV to the mid-IR spectral range, and for lifetime measurements spanning time resolutions across 12 orders of magnitude from picoseconds to seconds. It features new electronics modules and the new Fluoracle software suite.

Sales/Orders of Note

In February, Edinburgh Instruments announced the installation of the FIRL 100 CO₂/FIR (THz) laser system at Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. The system will be used for multifrequency pulsed-field (up to 70 T) ESR spectroscopy of strongly correlated magnets.