UCT Silanes in Microfluidics

UCT is known around the world for its involvement in the specialty silicon manufacturing market as well as a leader in the supply of Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) products for Forensic, Clinical and Environmental laboratories.  As a continuing demonstration of our leadership in the specialty silane arena, products from UCT Specialities are being used to advance the area of Microfluidics and Bio-sensors.

In a recent paper by Dr. Jo Kyoo and associates (Analyst 137, 875-882 (2012)), Tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydroctyl-1-trichlorosilane (UCT Part Number T2492) was used in microfluidic traveling-wave electrophoresis (TWE) as a way to separate several dyestuffs. In this report, T2492 was used as part of the process to produce microfluidic channels.  Without efficient microfluidic channelling, the separation process in the electrophoresis would itself be inefficient.  UCT Specialties continues to manufacture high quality specialty silanes, silicones, catalysts and coatings for a vast variety of manufacturing markets.  Coupled with our excellence in the Solid Phase Extraction markets, this demonstrates UCT Inc. as a leader for your silicon related chemistry products.

UCT Sorbent Approved by EPA for 525.3 Method

UCT is proud to announce that Universal Cartridge ECUNI525 has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Method 525.3 DETERMINATIONOF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN DRINKING WATER BY SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION AND CAPILLARY COLUMN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/ MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC/MS). After rigorous testing by chemists at UCT and EPA, and full scrutiny of the data by officials at EPA, the agency has included Universal Cartridge ECUNI525, accessories, and the UCT extraction protocol in the 525.3 method (available at www.epa.gov). Final EPA approval of 525.3 is expected in June 2012.

Analysis of Beta Agonist (Ractopamine) by Clean Screen® DAU

UCT is aware of the need for scientists around the globe to monitor the safety of the food we eat. In light of this, UCT has always produced sorbents of the highest quality and efficiency for over 25 years. The flagship of these sorbents is the Clean Screen® DAU, which is the most popular SPE product on the market for extracting drugs from biological fluids and tissues, in both human and animal.

This efficiency for extracting Ractopamine from animal tissue has recently been reported (J. Chromatography B (e-published March 2012)) by Dr. Ana Vulic (Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb) and the staff of the Institute. In this report Dr. Vulic's team analyzed the retina's of food producing pigs that had been dosed with low level concentrations of the drug and compared the levels with non dosed animals. It was found that in using Clean Screen DAU quantitative measurements of ractopamine were able to be made using a LC-MS/MS technique. The team was able to recover over 95% of the drug from the matrix with minimal matrix effects. This is another clear demonstration of the power of this sorbent when employed in the area of drug extraction and isolation.

QuEChERS & Beyond Across The Pond

Michael Telepchak, President and CEO of UCT Inc., will be giving his award-winning presentation, QuEChERS & Beyond, at The Food and Environmental Research Agency (FERA) in Sand Hutton, York UK. The talk is set to take place on April 16th, 2012 at 2pm.  This talk is being presented in conjunction with UCT's distribution partner in the UK,  Presearch Ltd.  Please contact us at info@unitedchem.com should you require more information.