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Recent Advances and Applications of the VUV Universal Detector
Dr. Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas, Arlington, Hosted by: LCGC
This webinar provides an overview of the VUV universal detector and highlights key features including isomer differentiation, deconvolution of co-eluting analytes, and automated speciation and classification.
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Computing UV-vis spectra of 1-bromo-1-propene: a comparison of model core potential and all-electron basis sets
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectroscopy can be used to identify different isomers in complicated mixtures of many molecules. In this work, calculated VUV spectra are compared with…
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A Universal Detector for Gas Chromatography
Dr. Doug D. Carlton Jr., University of Texas, Arlington
GC-VUV offers a universal detector for gas chromatography that complements mass spectrometry by fully characterizing isomers, labile compounds, and compounds with low mass quant ions. It…
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FM GC × GC Chromatography Combined with a VUV Detector for the Analysis of Complex Mixtures
Journal of Chromatography A
Flow modulated comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography (FM GC × GC chromatography) is applied to qualitative and quantitative analysis of bio-diesel fuel and different kinds of…
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Pseudo-absolute quantitative analysis using gas chromatography – vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy – A tutorial
Analytical Chimica Acta
A pseudo-absolute quantitative analysis method is described which is not based on calibration, but rather on an analyte's physical properties (namely its VUV absorption cross-section). It…
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Gas Chromatographic Detection with Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy – a Technological Overview of the VGA-100
VUV Analytics
The VGA-100 VUV detector is the very first bench-top spectrometer capable of full VUV spectrum detection that addresses known limitations and bolsters capabilities of GC analysis.
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Deconvolution of Co-eluting Chromatographic Signal Through Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
VUV Analytics
The VGA-100 offers a fundamentally new means of identifying and differentiating peaks along with VUV spectra for deconvolution of co-eluting spectrally distinct species.
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My New Obsession: A Universal Detector in GC
Dr. Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas, Arlington
Dr. Kevin Schug has extensive experience using the VGA-100 and writes about his discoveries of this universal detector in GC in LCGC. Read the full post…
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GC Detectors: From Thermal Conductivity to Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption
[LCGC Blog]: Dr. Harold M. McNair and Dr. Kevin A. Schug
Dr. Harold McNair, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Tech and Dr. Kevin Schug, the Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry at UT…
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