Assuring trueness of analytical results

Summary A true analytical result presumes an analytical procedure without systematic errors. They can be detected by comparing the analytical results with the true value or with an accepted reference. Systematic errors are always superimposed by the random error, therefore such a comparison must include statistical tests. The paper describes suitable test-models for typical analytical problems, as e.g. the validation of an analytical procedure or the (current) control of analytical work. Furthermore, explanations will be given for the interpretation of the test results due to the trueness of analytical data and for the consequences concerning analytical work.     

Analytical potential of hybrid nanoparticles

The growing use of nanoparticles in the analytical process in recent years has set a new trend towards the simplification of analytical methods and improvement of their performance. Miniaturization and nanotechnology have allowed new analytical challenges to be met. Hybrid nanoparticles in particular possess exceptional properties enabling further improvement of analytical methods. Despite the continuous developments in their synthesis and characterization, hybrid nanomaterials have scarcely been used in analytical chemistry, however. This paper discusses the analytical potential of hybrid nanoparticles in terms of their special characteristics and properties, and describes their analytical applications.     

Informationsgewinn bei analytisch-chemischen Messungen

Summary The aim of every analytical experiment is to gain information about a particular chemical system. In order to design and carry out such an experiment it is necessary to take into consideration the chemical properties of the matter as well as the metrological rules inherent in the analytical method applied. In this aim (to obtain information) and in the manner of working (to regard chemical properties and metrological rules) analytical chemistry can be seen as being a uniform and independent scientific discipline. The different analytical methods and the numerous analytical problems can then be described in uniform manner. The different measuring parameters and steps in analytical work can all be reduced to uniform terms and processes. The treatment and evaluation of the signal produced in the analytical experiment is always at the centre of all discussions. The uniform theoretical interpretation of seemingly different methodological terms makes a standardized nomenclature possible. The aim of effectively obtained information explains the preference of certain analytical methods for trace analysis, structure analysis, multicomponent analysis or other analytical problems. Furthermore, it is possible to derive useful strategies for applying an analytical method or managing an analytical problem. Finally, tendencies can be shown for the development of analytical methods, which are particularly effective in obtaining information.     

分析化学发展中的几个问题

分析化学在迅速发展中出现了一些令人关注的问题。它们是：如何确定现代分析化学煌范围，如何给字以明确的定义；对分析化学煌前沿的预测；当今分析化学在化学中的地位；对分析介的批评意见的反思；分析化学应注意克有孤自身的弱点；如何培养高水平的分析化学专业人材等。本文就这些问题介绍国内外同行的一些看法发表本人的浅见。     

Remote optical fibre microsensor for monitoring BTEX in confined industrial atmospheres

A portable optical fibre sensor has been developed for remote monitoring of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, p-xylene, m-xylene and o-xylene (BTEX). Firstly, the analyser was tested for calibration and its analytical performance for BTEX monitoring compared with a more classical analytical method, namely gas chromatography coupled to a flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The developed remote sensor shows several analytical advantages such as, high analytical sensitivity and accuracy, good linearity and stability of the analytical signal and short analytical time. Secondly, the optical fibre based sensor was applied to air monitoring for detection and quantification of BTEX in a confined industrial environment. The analytical signal measurement was performed by wireless at 20 m of distance from the local of analysis. Besides, the reported sensor showed a high degree of portability, compact design and high analytical performance for remote BTEX monitoring, in situ and in real-time.     

绿色分析化学技术研究进展

绿色分析化学是受到广泛关注的一门前沿科学,它是把绿色化学的基本原理应用在新的分析方法和技术方面.对绿色分析样品前处理技术、绿色分析分离富集技术和绿色分析测试技术进行了综述.     

新工科背景下分析化学中质量保证和质量控制的教学改革探究*

通过对目前分析化学教学中存在问题的分析,探究了新工科背景下分析化学专业中关于质量保证和质量控制方面的教学改革,提出了增设“分析化学中的质量保证和质量控制”或者类似的课程的建议,指出分析化学的教学应该围绕整个分析过程展开,并将分析化学中的质量保证和质量控制知识融入分析全过程中,注重理论课程与实践课程相互结合的同时更加强调应用性,增强学生的实践能力和分析问题、解决问题的能力。此外,分析化学教学重在“分析”,要与分析实验室/检测机构保持紧密联系,应建立以市场为导向、以技术为核心的教学活动,从而实现为社会不断培养与时俱进的分析人才的教育目标。     

分析化学的“昨天、今天和明天”

简述了分析化学的发展历史。分析化学的"昨天",从基于物理化学的溶液理论,以目视可见为工具的"化学分析",进入以物理方法为基础的仪器分析,因此有人提出"化学正在走出分析化学";分析化学的"今天",因为它的主体任务是解决物质的分子原子结构和成分,所以又回归化学领域;对分析化学的"明天"寄厚望,分析化学走出历来仅仅以"为他人报告提供数据"的技术支持者的角色,成为"实际问题解决者",利用分析化学中综合分析的"剖析技术",为新产品开发创制的"反工艺研究"做出独特的贡献。     

White analytical chemistry-driven stability-indicating concomitant chromatographic estimation of thiocolchicoside and aceclofenac using response surface analysis and red,green, and blue model

White analytical chemistry is a novel concept for the assessment of analytical methods on basis of its validation efficiency, greenness power, and economical efficiency. White analytical chemistry-driven stability indicating chromatographic method has been developed for the concomitant analysis of thiocolchicoside and aceclofenac. The proposed chromatographic method has been developed using a safe and environmental-friendly organic solvents for the concomitant stability study of thiocolchicoside and aceclofenac. The analytical risk assessment was carried out for the identification of high-risk analytical risk factors and analytical method performance attributes. The mixture design was applied for the design of experiments-based response surface modeling of high-risk analytical risk factors and analytical method performance attributes. The degradation products were isolated and characterized using infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectral data. The proposed method was compared for its validation efficiency, greenness power, and cost-efficiency with published chromatographic methods using the red, green, and blue models. The white score of the proposed and reported method was calculated by averaging the red, green, and blue scores of the methods. The proposed method was found to be robust, green, and economical for the concomitant stability study of thiocolchicoside and aceclofenac.     

Green analytical chemistry in sample preparation for determination of trace organic pollutants

The principles of green chemistry are applied to not only chemical engineering and synthesis, but also increasingly analytical chemistry. We describe environment-friendly analytical techniques applied to isolate and to enrich trace organic pollutants from solid and aqueous samples. Amounts of organic solvents used in analytical laboratories are reduced by applying solventless extraction, extraction using other types of solvent, assisted solvent extraction and miniaturized analytical systems.     

Analytical nanoscience and nanotechnology today and tomorrow

This article discusses the mutual impact of nanotechnology and analytical science and illustrates how this technical trend can be expected to strengthen the role of analytical chemists. To this end, it defines the limits of actual nanotechnological approaches and uses selected examples to illustrate the three major relationships between nanotechnology and analytical science, namely: the design and use of nanodevices; the use of nanoparticles (and nanostructures) in analytical processes; and the extraction of accurate chemical information from the nanoworld. Finally, the future of analytical nanotechnology in the short and medium term is briefly addressed.     

分析化学的第二个春天

从研究分析化学的历史发展入手，以大量历史事实为根据，指出分析化学曾经历过两次重大变革。第一次变革(19世纪末至20世纪初)使分析化学从分析化学家的技艺发展为科学；第二次变革(20世纪70年代迄今)则使分析化学进入了分析化学家重新当家作主的、欣欣向荣的“第二个春天”。     

Field-flow fractionation: Analytical and micropreparative methodology

Since the introduction of the general concept, field-flow fractionation (FFF) was developed to a complex of separation methods that differ by the fundamental processes underlying and accompanying the separation. In this review, the basic principles on which this separation methodology lies are presented, the most important methods and techniques applicable for analytical and preparative fractionations are described, the first approximation theoretical treatment of the separation processes is outlined, and typical applications for analytical and micropreparative purposes are demonstrated. The main goal is to show that FFF represents an interesting and competitive option of the separation methods applicable in analytical chemistry. The existence of some conflicting opinions concerning the theory as well as the experiments does not prohibit the analytical and preparative use of FFF. If not regarded only as a routine analytical tool, it should stimulate the research and development efforts. On the other hand, when used as an analytical tool, even if the approximate theoretical models are not fully supported by the experiments, the correct analytical result can be obtained from FFF (as well as from any other analytical separation method) by using a calibration procedure and an appropriate treatment and interpretation of the raw experimental data.     

Reliability‐targeted HPLC–UV method validation—A protocol enrichment perspective

Method validation is important in analytical chemistry to obtain the reliability of an analytical method. Guidelines provided by the regulatory bodies can be used as a general framework to assess the validity of a method. Since these guidelines do not focus on the reliability of analytical results exclusively, this study was aimed to combine a few recently evolved strategies that may render analytical method validation more reliable and trustworthy. In this research, the analytical error function was determined by appropriate polynomial regression statistics that determine the range of analyte concentration that may lead to more accurate measurements by producing the least possible total error in the assay and can be regarded as a reliable weighting method. The reliability of the analytical results over a particular concentration range has been proposed by a Bayesian probability study. In order to ensure the applicability of this approach, it was applied for the validation of an HPLC–UV assay method dedicated to the quantification of cefepime and tazobactam in human plasma. A comparison between the newer approach and the usual method validation revealed that the application of analytical error function and Bayesian analysis at the end of the validation process can produce significant improvements in the analytical results.     

The current state of analytical control in Lithuania

In Lithuania research and development in chemical analysis are concentrated in scientific institutes and universities. The main fields of interest focus on biosensors, electrochemical sensors, sampling techniques and methods, study of atomization processes in spectrochemical analysis and noise evaluation in analytical measurements. Some laboratories also take part in international environmental monitoring programmes. There are about 50 researchers at the Ph.D. level engaged in analytical chemistry and several hundred technicians specialized in the field of analytical control. About one hundred chemical laboratories are active in scientific institutes, universities and factories. Specialized laboratories of chemical analysis are at the disposal of Environmental Control and Health Protection Departments and forensic investigation organizations. So far no laboratories are accredited according to the ISO 9000 norms. Special courses on analytical chemistry are offered at a few schools of higher education in the country. Only at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Vilnius specialized programmes are available to postgraduate students working towards a Ph.D. to improve their skills in current techniques of analytical chemistry. Recently the Technical Committee TC-16 for Chemical Analysis was formed within the standardization system of Lithuania. Its main activities are centered on issues such as national terminology, certified reference materials (CRMs), analytical methods and analytical quality assurance. There are numerous problems related to national terminology, the preparation of special documents in the field of analytical control and the production of regional environmental CRMs. Problems, also arise in obtaining and using CRMs for analytical instrument calibration and validation.     

The task of the analytical chemist in industry

The duties of analytical chemists extend over a wide field, covering many branches of science, and in industry, too, a considerable part of the work consists of analytical determinations. The analytical chemist himself can do much to derive more satisfaction from his more or less subservient task and at the same time to meet more appreciation of his work.Analytical work in a large laboratory consists of: testing of materials and operating control analyses, analyses required for research work, standardisation of analytical methods and analytical research. Decentralisation of this work is often recommendable, especially as regards daily control analyses. However, there should be a central department which is thoroughly acquainted with all the analytical work in the whole laboratory, which sees to it that this work is done as efficiently as possible, which gives advice as to when and where existing methods are to be applied and which tests and developes new methods. Such an “analytical centre” is the source of analytical information for the whole staff.The large number of methods for the determination of the same magnitude and the many variations in procedure for one and the same method sometimes call for standardisation, to facilitate comparison of the results of various investigators.The analytical chemists in a laboratory should also be enabled to carry out analytical research work, so as to retain the necessary freshness and keep abreast of modern developments in their field.     

Prozessanalytik beim PUREX-Verfahren

PUREX process analytical chemistry is to generate information about the actual chemical state of the procedure. This originates mainly from current analytical investigations of appropriate solution samples. A lot of special arrangements, analytical equipment and methods and, last not least, experience is necessary. This paper reviews the problems in the field and describes a conception of process analytical chemistry with respect to an experimentally orientated situation.     

案例教学法在分析化学理论教学中的实践研究

研究了案例教学法在分析化学理论教学中的实践,内容包括案例选材、设计、实施和案例模型评估。案例教学法模式在促进学生扎实学习理论知识的同时,改进学生对于分析化学课程的认知,提高学生的专业技能。案例教学法在分析化学理论教学中的实践可以在教师教学和学生学习之间建立良好的互动关系,并最终改善分析化学课程教学。     

分析化学专业研究生专业课程改革的探索——以电子技术课程为例

在分析化学发展到分析科学阶段的今天,人才培养模式也应从传统的"使用分析仪器"逐渐朝着既会"使用分析仪器"又懂得"分析仪器设计制造方法"的目标改进。本文以电子技术课程为例,针对分析化学专业的硕士生设计了课程内容,教学方式灵活,实验课题开放,并注重能力培养,经过两年的电子技术课程实践,摸索了一些经验。