Issues concerning environmental and human health are often dynamic and multifaceted; requiring more rapid and comprehensive methods for data acquisition to help with formulating a strategic or diagnostic approach. Ion chromatography is a common technique to quantify anions in aqueous matrices. However, quantifying multiple anions for a diverse range...

Microwave-assisted synthesis is a modern method of heating substances rapidly and with high energy efficiency. Applications in solid state chemistry is a growing field of research rapidly gaining popularity with microwave heating being used to synthesize a plethora of inorganic compounds. As a result of its time- and energy-efficiency, it can also...

The relative concentrations of various calcium and metal isotopes in the body can be an important diagnostic marker for numerous medical conditions. Certain Ca isotopes in blood or urine can be used to detect bone lesions/cancers, multiple myeloma and other metastases to bone, as well as to provide information regarding bone mineral balance (BMB). BMB...