A novel in-needle sample preparation device has been developed for the determination of volatile aldehydes in gaseous samples. The needle device is designed for the gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of aldehydes and ketones commonly found in typical in-house environments. In order to prepare the extraction device, a bundle of polymer-coated filaments was longitudinally packed into a specially designed needle. Derivatization reactions were prompted by 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (NDPH) included in the needle, and so the aldehydes and ketones were derivatized to the corresponding hydrazones and extracted with the extraction needle. A reproducible extraction needle preparation process was established, along with a repeatable derivatization/extraction process that ensures the successful determination of aldehydes. The storage performance of the extraction needle was also evaluated at room temperature for three days. The results demonstrate the successful application of the fiber-packed extraction device to the preparation of a gaseous sample of aldehydes, and the future possibility of applying the extraction device to the analysis of in-house environments.
Resistivities of single-crystalline as well as poly-crystalline samples of
CeOBiS2 without fluorine doping were measured at temperatures down to 0.13 K,
and were compared with those of poly-crystalline LaOBiS2 and PrOBiS2. Both
poly-crystalline and single-crystalline CeOBiS2 exhibited zero resistivity
below 1.2 K while poly-crystalline LaOBiS2 and PrOBiS2 did not show zero
resistivity down to 0.13 K. Superconducting transition temperature of CeOBiS2
was reduced by increasing the applied current density. The superconductivity of
CeOBiS2 without chemical doping is likely triggered by the carriers induced by
the valence fluctuation between Ce3+ and Ce4+.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures in Solid State Communications 201
A miniaturized sample preparation technique that uses a fine-fiber-packed needle as the extraction medium is reviewed, especially in relation to its application to the analysis of volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography. When the needle was packed longitudinally with a bundle of fine filaments (12 microm o.d.) which were also surface-coated with polymeric materials, successful sample preconcentration was obtained. Improved sensitivity was also established by introducing simultaneous derivatization reactions into the extraction process in the fiber-packed needle. The storage performance of the needle clearly demonstrated the potential of the technique for typical on-site sampling during environmental analysis. In this short review, the fiber-packed extraction needle developed by the authors is summarized along with applications that use the fiber-packed needle as a miniaturized extraction device.
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