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Lest I leave the erroneous impression here that colloid science, in spite of the impossibility of defining it, is not a vigorous branch of research, I shall conclude by explaining that in the last few years, an entire subspeciality has sprung up around the topic of colloidal (pseudo-) crystals. These are regular arrays that are formed when a suspension (sol) of polymeric (e.g., latex) spheres around half a micrometre in diameter is allowed to settle out under gravity. The suspension can include spheres of one size only, or there may be two populations of different sizes, and the radius ratio as well as the quantity proportions of the two sizes are both controllable variables. Crystals such as AB2, AB4 and AB13 can form (Bartlett et al. 1992, Bartlett and van... 

A new suspension array concept based on sedimentation and microscopic imaging was introduced by Moser et al. [98], Magnetic microbeads settle to the bottom of a microplate well by magnetic forces and form randomly ordered arrays, which are examined by fluorescence microscopy and automated imaging analysis. Each bead carries specific capture molecules and can be identified by a defined luminescent code. 

Suspension characterization begins with characterization of the constituent particles and ions in solution. Bulk suspension behavior, settling, particle aggregation, and rheological properties are all dependent on the chemical properties of the particles and the nature of the suspension fluid. The wide array of analytical methods for materials char-... 

Crystals are produced by slowly precipitating the protein from solution. Under the right conditions, the protein will not form an amorphous precipitate but will instead settle in a well-ordered crystalline array. Methods for precipitating proteins involve dialysing away the salt, if salt is necessary... 

Figure 8.9 illustrates such signal processing for an array of sensors placed in the vicinity of settling ponds of a sugar factory. The aim of the filtering process is to keep... 

Mass spectrometry (MS) is faster than NMR and has much better sensitivity the result (e.g. a molecular weight) can also be easier to interpret automatically -so MS may be the method of choice for structure confirmation, particularly in surveying large numbers of samples such as those that result from combinatorial or array chemistry. However, MS rarely gives sufficient information to elucidate fully the stmctures of unknowns and NMR is required, especially to settle questions of regiochemistry. 

Uquid chromatography (HPLC) is estabUshed as the most convenient method which enables separation and identification of flavonoids using various detection sys-tems. As for the quantitative analysis, much data have been published in the last few years confirming the suitability of this technique for simultaneous determination of flavonoid compounds in various samples, which gives an insight into the distribution of flavonoids in the studied material. HPLC methods are developed for qualitative and quantitative analyses of flavonoids in fiuits and beverages, wine, honey, propolis, and, especially, in various plant materials " " using different detection systems, from which UV diode array detectors are settled as the most suitable for these compounds and the most accessible as well. 

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