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April 29, 2009 | Volume 3, Issue 17 Subscribe | Advertising Services | Contact Us

The Right Extraction
By Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg
For aerospace, medical, electronic, pharmaceutical, and other critical applications, direct surface analysis is not always informative or feasible. To validate cleaning, you must design and justify an appropriate extraction protocol. This involves selecting the correct extraction chemical(s) and the correct extraction techniques.
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CLEANROOM TIP OF THE WEEK

How UV Kills Microorganisms
 The lethal effects of UV towards microorganisms were discovered at the end of the nineteenth century and the first practical application of UV was in the disinfection of water. This remains the use to which UV is most commonly associated today and it is true to say that the technology for treating water can be thought of as relatively well accepted in the food and other industries.
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MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE WEEK

Multi-tasking Doesn't Work
Multitasking was once heralded as a fantastic way to maximize one’s time and get more done in a day. Then people started realizing that when they had a phone in their ear and were making calculations at the same time, their speed and accuracy (not to mention sanity) suffered. Rather than multitasking, try a new strategy known as “chunking.”
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Terra Universal Announces Real-Time Order Status System
    The new Real-Time Order Status System (R-TOSS) at Terra Universal’s web site now allows 24/7 online status tracking of every production phase of built-to-order Terra cleanrooms, isolators, and other critical environment products, even custom projects.
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  • Self-Assembled Nanowires Could Make Chips Smaller and Faster
    Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster. The technique uses self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made of gallium arsenide.
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  • Scientists Moving Closer to 'Artificial Noses'
    Physicists at LMU Munich have constructed a system of nanostrings made of non-conducting material, where each string can be electrically excited separately.
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  • Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells
    A research team from Northeastern University and the NIST has discovered that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water.
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Industry Calendar

May 4-7, 2009
ESTECH 2009
Schaumburg, IL

May 11-12, 2009
Aseptic Processing in the Manufacture of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Products
Berlin, Germany

May 12-13, 2009
Best Practices for an Effective Cleaning Validation Program
Costa Mesa, CA

May 20-22, 2009
SEMICON Singapore
Suntec, Singapore

May 26-27, 2009
Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist
Berlin, Germany

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