If there is one thing that I could say describes the holiday season best, it would have to be the delicious treats I get to indulge in, such as: gingerbread cookies, pies, peppermint bark, and so many more. Wafting in the aroma of baked goods always gives me butterflies in my stomach and lights up my nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) mind.

When analyzing polymers using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, well-defined end-groups (e.g., methoxy, acrylate, vinyl) are typically desired, as these allow for a direct comparison between these end-groups and the repeating monomeric units. This provides a path for rapid and facile determination of the number of repeating units in a polymer, as well as its number-average molecular weight (Mn). Read more.

Utilizing advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technology, our latest research provides startling insights into MDMA content variability in street ecstasy tablets. This NMR-driven analytical accuracy sets a new standard in Spectroscopy methods for drug analysis, significantly impacting harm reduction and public safety strategies.

Repellents are used worldwide to protect against insect bites. This blog describes fun facts about mosquitoes, which substances are considered safe to be used in repellents applied to the skin, and look inside a pure repellent sample via 1H NMR. Read more.

In the agrochemical industry, quantifying active ingredients containing fluorine can be simplified by using 19F benchtop NMR instead of other nuclides proton. Read more to find out how.

Parabens are widely used preservatives in food, cosmetics, & pharmaceuticals. Due to their presence in consumer products, methods to determine their purity are important. The current methods using HPLC are powerful, but wasteful and inefficient. In this blog post, we showcase the use of benchtop NMR to quantify the purity of 3 different parabens & demonstrate that this approach is quicker & far less expensive than the traditional methods currently used in industry. Read more.

Quantification of phosphorus-containing species through 31P benchtop NMR analysis. It was evaluated one of the most popular herbicides in the world, Roundup®, and a very common household insecticide, 50% Malathion Concentrate®. Read more.

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, some of you may be planning for that special date you have planned. Maybe you’ll go for the glossy look, maybe the matte; should I go for a light tone, or something that pops? Well, before you even think about that, check those expiration date! With the nature of lipsticks being opened and closed, they are highly susceptible to oxidation, so read more to find out!

The use of lithium around the world has increased drastically in recent years due to the superior performance of lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are heavily used in everyday life as they are present in our phones, computers, watches, vehicles, and many more devices. However, before these batteries can be produced, we need to procure lithium from somewhere.

Cathinone is a natural alkaloid occurring in the khat plant known for its mild stimulating effects when chewing the leaves which is of cultural importance in East Africa and the Middle East… Read more on our NMR blog