1. Thanks to reviewers in 2012

   Acknowledgement to Referees 12 October 2012 Pages: 2775 - 2786

2. New strategies for teaching maths to chemistry students

   • Paul C. Yates

   ABCs of Teaching Analytical Science 21 October 2012 Pages: 2787 - 2792

3. Davy Guillarme and Jean-Luc Veuthey (Eds.): UHPLC in life sciences

   • Francois Lestremau

   Books and Software in Review 18 October 2012 Pages: 2793 - 2794

   

4. Optical biochemical and chemical sensors

   • Laura M. Lechuga

   Editorial 06 October 2012 Pages: 2795 - 2796

5. New luminescent oxygen-sensing and temperature-sensing materials based on gadolinium(III) and europium(III) complexes embedded in an acridone–polystyrene conjugate

   • Sergey M. Borisov
   • I. Klimant

   Original Paper 19 July 2012 Pages: 2797 - 2806

   

6. Optimization of size, morphology and colloidal stability of fluorescein dye-doped silica NPs for application in immunoassays

   • Robert I. Nooney
   • Eoin McCormack
   • Colette McDonagh

   Original Paper 07 August 2012 Pages: 2807 - 2818

   

7. Spectroscopic detection and quantification of heme and heme degradation products

   • U. Neugebauer
   • A. März
   • J. Popp

   Original Paper 18 August 2012 Pages: 2819 - 2829

   

8. Chemical silicon surface modification and bioreceptor attachment to develop competitive integrated photonic biosensors

   • Jorge Escorihuela
   • María José Bañuls
   • Ángel Maquieira

   Original Paper 09 August 2012 Pages: 2831 - 2840

   

9. Filter-free integrated sensor array based on luminescence and absorbance measurements using ring-shaped organic photodiodes

   • Tobias Abel
   • Martin Sagmeister
   • Torsten Mayr

   Original Paper 17 June 2012 Pages: 2841 - 2849

   

10. LED–LED portable oxygen gas sensor

    • I. M. Perez de Vargas-Sansalvador
    • C. Fay
    • L. F. Capitan-Vallvey

    Original Paper 16 August 2012 Pages: 2851 - 2858

    

11. Angle-dependent resonance of localized and propagating surface plasmons in microhole arrays for enhanced biosensing

    • Ludovic S. Live
    • Anuj Dhawan
    • Jean-François Masson

    Original Paper 04 July 2012 Pages: 2859 - 2868

    

12. Biofunctionalized gold nanoparticles for SPR-biosensor-based detection of CEA in blood plasma

    • Tomáš Špringer
    • Jiří Homola

    Original Paper 16 August 2012 Pages: 2869 - 2875

    

13. Direct surface plasmon resonance immunosensing of pyraclostrobin residues in untreated fruit juices

    • E. Mauriz
    • C. García-Fernández
    • L. M. Lechuga

    Original Paper 24 August 2012 Pages: 2877 - 2886

    

14. Silicon photonic sensors incorporated in a digital microfluidic system

    • Cristina Lerma Arce
    • Daan Witters
    • Peter Bienstman

    Original Paper 29 August 2012 Pages: 2887 - 2894

    

15. Metabolic profiling of mouse cerebrospinal fluid by sheathless CE-MS

    • Rawi Ramautar
    • Reinald Shyti
    • Oleg A. Mayboroda

    Short Communication 07 October 2012 Pages: 2895 - 2900

    

16. High-capacity NO₂ denuder systems operated at various temperatures (298–473 K)

    • Jan-Christoph Wolf
    • Reinhard Niessner

    Technical Note 30 September 2012 Pages: 2901 - 2907

    

17. A fast and reliable method for the quantitative determination of benzimidazoles and metabolites in milk by LC-MS/MS with on-line sample treatment

    • Diego García-Gómez
    • Marta García-Hernández
    • Rita Carabias-Martínez

    Technical Note 16 October 2012 Pages: 2909 - 2914

    

18. Developmental phases of individual mouse preimplantation embryos characterized by lipid signatures using desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    • Christina R. Ferreira
    • Valentina Pirro
    • R. Graham Cooks

    Original Paper 04 October 2012 Pages: 2915 - 2926

    

19. Three-dimensional molecular reconstruction of rat heart with mass spectrometry imaging

    • Lara Fornai
    • Annalisa Angelini
    • Ron M. A. Heeren

    Original Paper 11 October 2012 Pages: 2927 - 2938

    

20. Speciation of antimony in injectable drugs used for leishmaniasis treatment (Glucantime^®) by HPLC-ICP-MS and DPP

    • F. Séby
    • C. Gleyzes
    • O. F. X. Donard

    Original Paper 07 October 2012 Pages: 2939 - 2948

    

21. Phosphorylcholine-containing lipid molecular species profiling in biological tissue using a fast HPLC/QqQ-MS method

    • Chuan-Ho Tang
    • Po-Nien Tsao
    • Wei-Hsien Wang

    Original Paper 22 September 2012 Pages: 2949 - 2961

    

22. New “hyphenated” CPC-HPLC-DAD-MS strategy for simultaneous isolation, analysis and identification of phytochemicals: application to xanthones from Garcinia mangostana

    • Thomas Michel
    • Emilie Destandau
    • Claire Elfakir

    Original Paper 09 October 2012 Pages: 2963 - 2972

    

23. Measurement of the elution strength and peak shape enhancement at increasing modifier concentration and temperature in RPLC

    • J. J. Baeza-Baeza
    • Y. Dávila
    • M. C. García-Álvarez-Coque

    Original Paper 25 September 2012 Pages: 2973 - 2984

    

24. Comparison of classical chromatographic tests with a chromatographic test applied to stationary phases prepared by thermal immobilization of poly(methyloctylsiloxane) onto silica

    • Endler M. Borges
    • Melvin R. Euerby
    • Carol H. Collins

    Original Paper 04 February 2012 Pages: 2985 - 3002

    

25. The relative brightness of PEG lipid-conjugated polymer nanoparticles as fluid-phase markers in live cells

    • Lawrence P. Fernando
    • Prakash K. Kandel
    • Kenneth A. Christensen

    Original Paper 30 September 2012 Pages: 3003 - 3014

    

26. Quantifying dithiothreitol displacement of functional ligands from gold nanoparticles

    • De-Hao Tsai
    • Melanie P. Shelton
    • Vincent A. Hackley

    Original Paper 27 October 2012 Pages: 3015 - 3023

    

27. The in vivo biodistribution and fate of CdSe quantum dots in the murine model: a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry study

    • TsingHai Wang
    • HuiAn Hsieh
    • ChuFang Wang

    Original Paper 07 October 2012 Pages: 3025 - 3036

    

28. Evaluation of dried blood spot (DBS) technology versus plasma analysis for the determination of MK-1775 by HILIC-MS/MS in support of clinical studies

    • Yang Xu
    • Wei Fang
    • Eric J. Woolf

    Original Paper 26 October 2012 Pages: 3037 - 3048

    

29. Development of a novel method for quantification of sterols and oxysterols by UPLC-ESI-HRMS: application to a neuroinflammation rat model

    • Sophie Ayciriex
    • Anne Regazzetti
    • Olivier Laprévote

    Original Paper 27 September 2012 Pages: 3049 - 3059

    

30. Microalgal motility measurement microfluidic chip for toxicity assessment of heavy metals

    • Guoxia Zheng
    • Yunhua Wang
    • Jianhua Qin

    Original Paper 21 September 2012 Pages: 3061 - 3069

    

31. Progress of elemental anomalies of hippocampal formation in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy—an X-ray fluorescence microscopy study

    • J. Chwiej
    • J. Kutorasinska
    • Z. Setkowicz

    Original Paper Open access 04 October 2012 Pages: 3071 - 3080

    

32. Evaluation of different extraction approaches for the determination of phenolic compounds and their metabolites in plasma by nanoLC-ESI-TOF-MS

    • R. Quirantes-Piné
    • V. Verardo
    • A. Fernández-Gutiérrez

    Original Paper 13 October 2012 Pages: 3081 - 3090

    

33. Selective sampling using confocal Raman spectroscopy provides enhanced specificity for urinary bladder cancer diagnosis

    • Ishan Barman
    • Narahara Chari Dingari
    • Ghulam Nabi

    Original Paper 02 October 2012 Pages: 3091 - 3099

    

34. Metabolic profiling reveals new serum biomarkers for differentiating diabetic nephropathy

    • Akiyoshi Hirayama
    • Eitaro Nakashima
    • Tomoyoshi Soga

    Original Paper 29 September 2012 Pages: 3101 - 3109

    

35. Dynorphin A 1–17 biotransformation in inflamed tissue, serum and trypsin solution analysed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    • M. Morgan
    • H. M. D. R. Herath
    • A. K. Hewavitharana

    Original Paper 22 September 2012 Pages: 3111 - 3121

    

36. Metabonomic classification and detection of small molecule biomarkers of malignant pleural effusions

    • Xian-Mei Zhou
    • Cui-Cui He
    • Jian-Xin Li

    Original Paper 29 September 2012 Pages: 3123 - 3133

    

37. Transformation of cocaine during water chlorination

    • Iria González-Mariño
    • José Benito Quintana
    • Rafael Cela

    Original Paper 30 September 2012 Pages: 3135 - 3144

    

38. UPLC-UV-MS^E analysis for quantification and identification of major carotenoid and chlorophyll species in algae

    • Weiqi Fu
    • Manuela Magnúsdóttir
    • Giuseppe Paglia

    Original Paper 02 October 2012 Pages: 3145 - 3154

    

39. Dynamic processes and chemical composition of Lepidium sativum seeds determined by means of field-cycling NMR relaxometry and NMR spectroscopy

    • A. Rachocki
    • L. Latanowicz
    • J. Tritt-Goc

    Original Paper 22 September 2012 Pages: 3155 - 3164

    

40. Enzymeless determination of total sugar by luminol–tetrachloroaurate chemiluminescence on chip to analyze food samples

    • Al-Mahmnur Alam
    • Mohammad Kamruzzaman
    • Gyu-Man Kim

    Original Paper 04 October 2012 Pages: 3165 - 3173

    

41. Determination of biocides in different environmental matrices by use of ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    • Zhi-Feng Chen
    • Guang-Guo Ying
    • Jian-Liang Zhao

    Original Paper 10 October 2012 Pages: 3175 - 3188

    

42. Fast determination of trace dimethyl fumarate in milk with near infrared spectroscopy following fluidized bed enrichment

    • Ya-Jie Xie
    • Zhuan Wang
    • Song Xu

    Original Paper 03 October 2012 Pages: 3189 - 3194