Waters wins R&D 100 Award for ionKey/MS System

Waters has been presented with an industry accolade by R&D Magazine for the innovative nature of its ionKey/MS System.

The product has won an R&D 100 Award, recognising it as one of the 100 most technologically innovative products to be introduced over the past year.

It is designed for use with the Waters Acquity UPLC M-Class System and a range of Waters mass spectrometers, and physically integrates a UPLC separation into the mass spectrometry process, producing a 40-fold improvement in sensitivity.

The ionKey/MS System's iKey Microfluidic Separation Device, meanwhile, contains the fluidic connections, electronics, ESI interface, column heater, eCord Intelligent Chip Technology and the 1.7 micron UPLC grade particles in a device the size of a smartphone.

Ian King, vice-president for separations science at Waters, said: "The response of scientists to the product has been extremely gratifying and our development team and our collaborators deserve all the credit for bringing this product to market despite the technological challenges this novel approach presented."