My New Obsession: A Universal Detector in GC

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In 2009, I was contacted by, VUV Analytics, Inc., a company out of Austin, Texas. The company was developing a new vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption detector and had received Texas Emerging Technology Fund support to commercialize it. I had just won the LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award. They saw my face on the cover of the LCGC North America magazine and realized that I was located only a short, beautiful drive up I-35 from Austin to Arlington. Now, writing that sentence makes me snicker, because the drive between Austin and Arlington is not likely classified by many as “beautiful” — “monotonous” might be more accurate — and it has been a running joke associated with our collaboration for the past few years. Nevertheless, my colleagues at VUV Analytics made the drive many times to Arlington to talk about the potential development of a chromatography detector…

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