Contents:

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Section I: Introduction Section II: Laboratory Analytical Instrumentation Chapter 1: Spectrometric instruments Infrared and Raman Luminescence Nuclear magnetic resonance Mass spectrometry Atomic absorption spectrometry and atomic fluorescence spectrometry 1.2.2 Inductively coupled plasma/atomic emission spectrometry 1.2.3 Inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry Chapter 2: Separation instruments 2.1 Gas chromatography 2.2 High performance liquid chromatography 2.3 Ion chromatography 2.4 Capillary electrophoresis 2.5 Supercritical fluid chromatography 2.6 Hyphenated instruments 2.6.1 Hyphenated gas chromatography techniques 2.6.2 Hyphenated liquid chromatography techniques 2.6.3 Hyphenated capillary electrophoresis techniques Chapter 3: Imaging instruments 3.1 Optical microscopy 3.2 Confocal microscopy 3.3 Electron microscopy 3.3.1 Scanning electron microscopy 3.3.2 Transmission electron microscopy 3.4 Scanning probe microscopy 3.4.1 Scanning tunnelling microscopy 3.4.2 Atomic force microscopy 3.5 Spectral imaging Chapter 4: Electrochemical instruments 4.1 Potentiometry 4.2 Voltammetry 4.3 Conductimetry Chapter 5: Other instruments 5.1 Thermogravimetric analysis 5.2 Differential scanning calorimetry 5.3 X-ray diffraction 5.2 Differential scanning calorimetry 5.3 X-ray diffraction Section III: Portable Analytical Instrumentation The drive for portable analytical instruments Chapter 6: Portable instruments in the laboratory 6.1 Spectrometric instruments 6.2 Separation instruments 6.3 Imaging instruments 6.4 Electrochemical instruments Chapter 7: Portable instruments in various applications 7.1 Medical applications 7.1.1 Point-of-care technology 7.1.2 Blood glucose testing 7.1.3 Blood coagulation monitoring 7.1.4 Other point-of-care devices 7.2 Environmental applications 7.2.1 Field devices 7.2.2 Water quality monitoring 7.2.3 Soil and sediment testing 7.2.4 Air monitoring 7.3 Security and defence applications 7.4 Other applications Section IV: Process Analytical Instrumentation The drive for process analysis Chapter 8: Process analytical instrumentation in industry 8.1 In-process sampling 8.2 In-process analysis 8.2.1 Flow injection analysis 8.2.2 Spectroscopic analysis 8.2.3 Separation analysis 8.2.4 Imaging analysis 8.2.5 Electrochemical analysis 8.3 Laboratory integrated management systems Section V: Miniaturised Analytical Instrumentation The drive for miniaturised analytical instrumentation Chapter 9: Chip-based instrumentation 9.1 The development of chip-based analytical devices 9.2 Challenges for chip-based analytical devices 9.2.1 Moving and mixing fluids on a chip 9.2.2 Fitting components onto a chip 9.2.3 Sampling and detection strategies 9.2.4 Understanding processes on the microscale 9.3 Chip-based analytical instruments 9.3.1 Lab-on-valve flow injection analysis 9.3.2 Spectroscopic devices 9.3.3 Separation devices 9.3.4 Imaging devices 9.3.5 Electrochemical devices 9.3.6 Other chip-based devices