A World of Spectroscopy Sampling Solutions Spring 2014
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Greetings from frozen Madison. Here is the first issue of PIKE e-Reflections in this calendar year, and we would like to start it with a couple of important announcements. First of all, 2014 is our anniversary year. PIKE Technologies was founded by Phil and Irene Brierley in the summer of 1989 and since then we have experienced 25 successful years of innovation and growth. This would not be possible without you - our customers, and we would like to extend a great "Thank You" for all your trust and support. We plan to celebrate this anniversary with many activities and promotions - please visit our website and Facebook page often to be a part of it.
The second announcement relates to the busy trade show season ahead of us (see dates and locations in the left column). This provides plenty of opportunities for direct contact and meaningful "shop talk". Please stop-by if you plan to attend any of these shows.
We hope you will find other information contained in this newsletter useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@piketech.com with any specific questions or to discuss your unique applications needs.
Wishing you an early arrival of spring,
The PIKE Team
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DNA, RNA and Protein Concentration Determination
Introducing the Nano Stick - precision, low-volume UV-Vis accessory designed for quick and reproducible measurement of nucleic acids and protein concentrations. The accessory fits in 10 mm cuvette holders of standard UV-Vis spectrophotometers. 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm pathlengths are available and sample volumes as low as 2 μl can be measured. The  Nano Stick can measure concentrations down to 1.1 ng/μl for DNA/RNA and 0.6 mg/μl for protein samples. Read More >
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Investigating Polymer Orientation with FTIR-ATR
Polymer orientation of a blow-molded plastic was investigated using FTIR-ATR with polarization. By using a variable angle ATR accessory, changes in spectral features were observed at two different probing depths. A polarizer may offer a valuable FTIR sampling enhancement to elucidate chemical information not otherwise found when using non-polarized light. Read More>
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