1. Guest Editorial

   • Daisuke Fujita

   EditorialNotes 17 February 2011 Pages: 119 - 119

2. Theoretical Simulation of Scanning Probe Microscopy

   • Masaru Tsukada

   Reviews 10 February 2011 Pages: 121 - 127

3. Two-Dimensional Polymerization and Reaction at the Solid/Liquid Interface: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

   • Rusong Xie
   • Yonghai Song
   • Li Wang

   Reviews 10 February 2011 Pages: 129 - 138

4. Standardization of Excitation Efficiency in Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy

   • Tadashi Mitsui
   • Yasutaka Imanaka
   • Jeongyong Kim

   Original Papers 10 February 2011 Pages: 139 - 142

5. Cantilever Tilt Causing Amplitude Related Convolution in Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy

   • Chunmei Wang
   • Jielin Sun
   • Jun Hu

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 143 - 147

6. Methods for Vertical Drift Measurements of Scanning Probe Microscopes

   • Dun Niu
   • Yuhang Chen
   • Wenhao Huang

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 149 - 152

7. Automatic Glitch Elimination of Scanning Probe Microscopy Images

   • Yuhang Chen
   • Wenhao Huang

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 153 - 156

8. Novel Tip Shape Reconstruction Method for Restoration of AFM Topography Images Using Nano-structures with Given Shapes

   • Keiko Onishi
   • Daisuke Fujita

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 157 - 161

9. Mass Spectrometry for Cellular and Tissue Analyses in a Very Small Region

   • Naohiro Tsuyama
   • Hajime Mizuno
   • Tsutomu Masujima

   Reviews 10 February 2011 Pages: 163 - 170

10. New Apparatus for Liquid-Liquid Extraction, “Emulsion Flow” Extractor

    • Nobuyuki Yanase
    • Hirochika Naganawa
    • Junji Noro

    Original Papers 10 February 2011 Pages: 171 - 176

11. Quantitative Analysis of Ions in Spring Water in Three Different Areas of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan by Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

    • Motoki Mitsuoka
    • Hideyuki Shinzawa
    • Yukihiro Ozaki

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 177 - 182

12. Determination of Sulfide with Acidic Permanganate Chemiluminescence for Development of Deep-sea in-situ Analyzers

    • Keiichi Fujimori
    • Kenta Tsujimoto
    • Kei Okamura

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 183 - 186

13. Rapid Method for Simultaneous Determination of Nitrite and Nitrate in Water Samples Using Short-Column Ion-Pair Chromatographic Separation, Photochemical Reaction, and Chemiluminescence Detection

    • Hitoshi Kodamatani
    • Shigeo Yamazaki
    • Takashi Tomiyasu

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 187 - 192

14. Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Detection of Mercury(II) Ions Based on DNA Probe Labeled with Ruthenium Complex

    • Yaping Li

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 193 - 196

15. Determination of Triclosan in Aqueous Samples Using Solid-phase Extraction Followed by On-line Derivatization Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

    • Chiao-Yin Cheng
    • Yu-Chen Wang
    • Wang-Hsien Ding

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 197 - 202

16. Influence of e-Beam Irradiation on Sulfamethoxazole in Solid State

    • Magdalena Ogrodowczyk
    • Barbara Marciniec
    • Agata Kierzkowska

    OriginalPaper 10 February 2011 Pages: 203 - 208

17. Application of Terahertz Absorption Spectroscopy to Evaluation of Aging Variation of Medicine

    • Masaya Kawase
    • Tadashi Saito
    • Masahiko Tani

    Notes 10 February 2011 Pages: 209 - 212

18. Selective Removal of Endotoxin from a DNA Solution by Cross-linked Cyclodextrin Beads

    • Masayo Sakata
    • Kana Yoshimura
    • Masashi Kunitake

    Notes 10 February 2011 Pages: 213 - 216

19. Functional Preconcentration Tip of Total Volume Injection for ESI/MS Analysis of DNA Adducts

    • Hiroya Murakami
    • Mio Koguchi
    • Yasushi Ishihama

    Notes 10 February 2011 Pages: 217 - 220

20. Announcements

    Announcements 17 February 2011 Pages: 221 - 223