2008 Pittcon Final Program - Pittcon Web Archives

10:45 (2560-7) Determination of Trihalomethane Concentrations in
Drinking Water Using Capillary Membrane Sampling-Gas
Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MEGGAN LEE LARSON, The
University of Memphis, Michael A Brown, Gary L Emmert
11:05 (2560-8) Implications of False Cyanide Formation for
Laboratories Testing Drinking Water Samples MICHAEL FRANCIS
DELANEY, MWRA, Charles Blodget, Corinna Hoey, Nancy McSweeney, Polina
Epelman, Steve Rhode
ORAL SESSION Session 2570
GC-MS of Environmental Samples
Thursday Morning, Room 242
Huamin Cai, VIVI Valco Instruments Co., Inc., Presiding
8:30 (2570-1) Chemical Characterization of Obscurant Aerosols
Obtained from Mini-Jet Based Aerosol Generator DANIEL BAHAGHIGHAT,
University of Missouri, Rolla, Robert Schaub, Rusty Carlile, Paul Nam, Virgil
Flanigan, Shubhen Kapila, Ernest Black
8:50 (2570-2) Portable GC with Adsorbent Preconcentration, Dual-
Column Separation, and Sensor Array Detection: Characterization and
Adaptation to Trace-Level Breath Biomarker Analysis QIONGYAN ZHONG,
University of Michigan, Sun Kyn Kim, Edward T Zellers
9:10 (2570-3) Validation of the TD-GC/MS Method for the
Determination of Brominated Fire Retardants (PBDE) in Polymeric
Materials ROBERT FREEMAN, Quantum Analytics, Chuichi Watanabe,
Tetsuro Yuzawa
9:30 (2570-4) Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in
Fish Oil and Other Dietary Supplements by HRGC-HRMS CHRISTINA S
GILPIN, Wright State University, Wanlong Zhou, Joseph G Solch, Roger K
Gilpin
9:50 Recess
10:05 (2570-5) An Isotope Dilution GC/MS/MS Method for Steroid
Hormones in Water WILLIAM T FOREMAN, U.S. Geological Survey, James L
Gray, Lindley E Chris, Larry B Barber
10:25 (2570-6) Optimization of a GC/MSD Method for Analyzing
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Human Serum BUU TRAN, New York State
Department of Health, Li Zhang, Robert Jansing
10:45 (2570-7) A High Concentration VOC Air Toxics Technique
Using EPA Method TO-15 without a Dilution JOHN WAYNE WHIPPLE,
US EPA
11:05 (2570-8) Quantification of Polychlorinated N-Alkanes in
Environmental Matrices: Comparison of Performances of GC-El/MS and
GC-El/MS/MS with GC-EcNl/MS and GC/ECD CELINE GUEYDON,
Université Paul Cézanne, Aix Marseille III , Laure Malleret, Pierre Doumenq,
Gilbert Mille
ORAL SESSION Session 2580
Imaging: Surface Analysis / Nanotechnology
Thursday Morning, Room 260
Philippe Buhlmann, University of Minnesota, Presiding
8:30 (2580-1) High-Resolution Imaging and Chemical
Characterization of Heterogeneous Materials with the Confocal Raman
AFM UTE SCHMIDT, WITec GmbH, Fernando Vargas, Thomas Dieing,
Matthias Kress, Klaus Weishaupt, Olaf Hollricher
8:50 (2580-2) AFM Tip-Integrated Solid-State pH Microsensors
JONG-SEOK MOON, Georgia Institute of Technology, Jean-Francois Masson,
Mizaikoff Boris, Christine Kranz
9:10 (2580-3) Mapping Magnetic Domains Using Magnetic Sample
Modulation AFM: Characterization of Nanopatterns of Ferritin JOHN
PETER N NGUNJIRI, Louisiana State University, Stephanie L Daniels, Song
Xu, Jayne C Garno
9:30 (2580-4) Batch Fabrication and Application of Single Walled
Carbon Nanotube Atomic Force Microscopy (SWNT-AFM) Probes
JONATHAN PETER EDGEWORTH, University of Warwick, Julie Victoria
Macpherson, Neil R Wilson, John M Weaver, David P Burt, Phillip S Dobson
9:50 Recess
10:05 (2580-5) Fabrication of Periodic Arrays of Metal
Nanostructures Produced with Electroless Deposition and Particle
Lithography Characterization Using Magnetic Modulation AFM JIE-REN LI,
Louisiana State University, Song Xu, Jayne C Garno
10:25 (2580-6) Investigation of Surfaces and Depth Profiles by Glow
Discharge Optical Emission and AESEC (Atomic Emission
Spectroelectrochemistry) PATRICK CHAPON, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Julien
Malherbe, Célia Tauziede, Olivier Rogerieux, Agnès Cosner, Kevin Ogle,
Jolanta Swiatowska, Polina Volovitch, Philippe Hunault
10:45 (2580-7) Orientation Analysis by Nonlinear Optical Stokes
Ellipsometry VICTORIA HALL, Purdue University, Nathan J Begue, Garth
Simpson
11:05 (2580-8) Preparation and Characterization of Porous Gold and
its Application as a Platform for Immobilization of Acetylcholine Esterase
OLGA SHULGA, University of Missouri, Kenise Jefferson, Alexey Demchenko,
Jingyue Liu, Keith Stine
ORAL SESSION Session 2590
Microfluidic "Hardware"
Thursday Morning, Room 263
Brian Bidlingmeyer, Agilent Technologies, Presiding
8:30 (2590-1) Fluidic Communication between Multilayered
Microchip Channels Interconnected with Nanocapillary Array Membranes
MAOJUN GONG, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Bo Young Kim,
Bruce R Flachsbart, Mark A Shannon, Paul Bohn, Jonathan V Sweedler
8:50 (2590-2) Assessing the Performance of a Dynamic Loading
Electrokinetic Injection in Assessing the Performance of a Dynamic
Loading Electrokinetic Injection in µchip CE APRIL DUPRE, University of
Cincinnati, Patrick Limbach, William R Heineman, Brian Halsall, Carl J Seliskar,
Kenneth R Wehmeyer
9:10 (2590-3) Label-Free Native Fluorescence Detection Results
for Gel-Plane and Microchip Electrophoresis Separation Devices WILLIAM
F HUG, Photon Systems, Inc., Ray D Reid, Rohit Bhartia, Richard D Kidd,
Sabrina M Feldman, Alexandre Tsapin
9:30 (2590-4) Development and Application of a Microfabricated
Device for Use in Photothermal Detection ERIN R FERGUSON, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Patty J Dennis, J P Alarie, Honggu Chun, J
Michael Ramsey, James W Jorgenson
9:50 Recess
10:05 (2590-5) Magnetic and Thermal Actuation of Phospholipids
for Microfluidic Flow Control THERON J PAPPAS, West Virginia University,
Robert W Grammer, Lisa A Holland
10:25 (2590-6) Evaluation of Low-Power, Non-contact Heating
Sources for Thermocycling in a Plastic Chip: Towards a Portable
Polymerase Chain Reaction Instrument DANIEL J MARCHIARULLO,
University of Virginia, Angelique Sklavounos, Lindsay A Legendre, N Scott
Barker, Jerome P Ferrance, James P Landers
10:45 (2590-7) Integration of Microdialysis Sampling with Microchip
Electrophoresis and Amperometric Detection for Neurotransmitter
Analysis LAURA MECKER, Saint Louis University, R Scott Martin
11:05 (2590-8) Multi-method for Drugs of Abuse Compounds in Full
Blood Based on Aceton Precipitation and UPLC-MS/MS Analysis
HENK KERKDJK, NFI Dutch Forensic Institute
ORAL SESSION Session 2600
Nanotechnology
Thursday Morning, Room 262
David F Pensenstadler, The Pittsburgh Conference, Presiding
8:30 (2600-1) Photolithographically Patterned Carbon Nanotube
Containing Polymer Thin Films for Sensing Applications LEI PEI, Brigham
Young University, Robert C Davis, Matthew R Linford
8:50 (2600-2) Breath Ammonia Conducting Polymer Nanojunction
Sensor ALVARO DIAZ AGUILAR, Arizona State University, Erica Forzani,
Nongjian Tao
9:10 (2600-3) Quantum Dot-Based Nanosensors for the
Measurement of Sodium Flux during Action Potentials HEATHER A
CLARK, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, John M Dubach