Waters Gives More Laboratories Access to Mass Spectrometry with Rapid, Easy, and Compact RADIAN ASAP System
November 02 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Direct MS system quickly analyzes samples
requiring minimal prep or expertise to help improve operational
efficiencies and competitiveness
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the new RADIAN™
ASAP™ System, a novel direct mass detector engineered for non-mass
spectrometry (MS) experts to conduct fast and accurate analyses of
solids and liquids with minimal sample prep. The RADIAN ASAP
System’s high-quality, simplified and rapid operation, compact
design, and powerful software capabilities for real-time data
visualization offers advantages and numerous test case scenarios
for laboratories across a multitude of industries, including
pharmaceuticals, forensics, food & beverage, chemicals &
materials, and academia.
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The Waters RADIAN ASAP System is a novel
direct-from-sample mass detector engineered for non-mass
spectrometry (MS) experts to conduct fast and accurate analyses of
solids and liquids with minimal sample prep. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“As competition among laboratories grows, lab professionals are
being challenged to provide quality results and shorten sample
turnaround times,” said Gary Harland, Senior Director, Product
Management at Waters Corporation. “Direct MS analysis offers the
versatility, ease-of-use, speed and reliability that today’s labs
need to stand out among the pack. RADIAN ASAP overcomes many of the
barriers to entry associated with traditional mass spec systems,
empowering seamless deployment in existing lab environments and
enabling those with minimal LC-MS training to obtain accurate
results quickly.”
Breaking Down the Barriers to Quick, Efficient MS
Analysis
Engineered using proven and robust single quadrupole MS
technology, and combined with a dedicated Atmospheric Solids
Analysis Probe (ASAP) source, the Waters™ RADIAN ASAP System
achieves results in seconds after a sample is loaded into the
system. Gaseous analyte molecules are ionized by N2 plasma, guided
into the instrument and separated by their mass-to-charge ratio.
Users obtain real-time sample classification and quality assessment
in less than a minute, without the need for a chromatographic
separation, conserving the time and resources traditionally lost to
sample preparation.
Ryan Francis, Instrument Specialist - Drugs, at Eurofins
Forensic Services (Teddington, UK) worked alongside Waters’
scientists and scientists at the National Measurement Laboratory at
LGC (Teddington, UK) to evaluate the Radian ASAP System. “We worked
with the beta model of the Radian ASAP and quickly found that it
was a robust tool for the categoric identification and screening of
substances,” Ryan says. “It really shows how far companies like
Waters and the scientific community as a whole are pushing the
envelope to deliver techniques that are both fit-for-purpose and
reliable.”
The RADIAN ASAP System is compatible with a variety of Waters
software solutions, including OpenLynx, MassLynx™, IonLynx™ and
LiveID™. Notably, Waters has released the latest iteration of its
LiveID Software, LiveID 2.0, in conjunction with RADIAN ASAP.
Offering an intuitive, modern interface and easy-to-interpret
results, LiveID Software continues to offer model building
capabilities for classifying samples and determining their
authenticity. LiveID Software now also offers real-time spectral
library-matching for identifying sample compounds by matching their
spectra with reference library spectra stored in the software.
Broad Application Use Cases
The RADIAN ASAP System’s automated set-up, streamlined workflow,
and easy operation with minimal training offers laboratories a
flexible tool to meet rising demands without sacrificing on
analytical performance. Notable applications include:
- Pharmaceuticals, to provide easy access to mass spectral
data for instantaneous assessment of reaction progress and the
identification of purification fractions;
- Forensics, to empower the rapid, confident
identification of illicit drugs against a library of known
compounds;
- Food and Beverage, to improve food integrity by
verifying product authenticity and safety, adulteration, or
degradation by suppliers and regulators;
- Chemicals and Materials, to streamline quality control
and product development workflows such as material release testing
or formulation performance testing; and
- Academia, to supply academic laboratories with a robust
and reliable solution for teaching and method development.
Engineered by Waters in Singapore, the RADIAN ASAP System is now
available worldwide from Waters.
To learn more about the value of direct MS analysis for
forensics, watch this SelectScience webinar, Real-time forensic
drug analysis using direct ionization mass spectrometry, now
on-demand.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about the RADIAN ASAP System on Waters’ web
site
- Learn more about the RADIAN ASAP System for the rapid
identification of bulk drug seizures in The Journal of the American
Society for Mass Spectrometry
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT), the world's leading specialty
measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass
spectrometry, and thermal analysis innovations serving the life,
materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than
7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35
countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, and with products
available in more than 100 countries.
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Waters, RADIAN, MassLynx, IonLynx, ASAP and LiveID are
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