Dionex Corporation is an American company based in
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States.
Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real (California), El Camino Real and U.S. Route 101 in California, Highway 1 ...
. It develops, manufactures, sells, and services analytical
chromatography
In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the Separation process, separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the ''mobile phase'', which carries it ...
systems for separating, isolating, and identifying the components of chemical mixtures.
Such equipment is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical research,
environmental monitoring
Environmental monitoring is the processes and activities that are done to characterize and describe the state of the environment. It is used in the preparation of environmental impact assessments, and in many circumstances in which human activit ...
, and food testing.
[
In December 2010 ]Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an American life science and clinical research company. It is a global supplier of analytical instruments, clinical development solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology s ...
announced its acquisition of Dionex for $2.1 billion.
Products
Software
Dionex developed the ''Chromeleon'' brand of chromatography software Chromatography software is called also Chromatography Data System. It is located in the data station of modern liquid, gas or supercritical fluid chromatographic systems. This is a dedicated software connected to a hardware interface within the ch ...
. The primary function of Chromeleon is to control and obtain data from analytical instruments, such as GC, LC, IEX
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and MS. Chromeleon is fully Title 21 CFR Part 11 Title 21 CFR Part 11 is the part of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations that establishes the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations on electronic records and electronic signatures (ERES). Part 11, as it is commonly ca ...
compliant. Chromeleon 7.3 is the latest edition of the software.
Hardware
The technology made by Dionex includes the Rapid Separation LC (RSLC)monolithic HPLC column
A monolithic HPLC column, or monolithic column, is a column used in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The internal structure of the monolithic column is created in such a way that many channels form inside the column. The material i ...
. Unlike the inorganic silica columns, the polymer monoliths are made of an organic polymer base. Dionex, traditionally known for its ion chromatography capabilities, has led this side of the field. Dionex first acquired a license for the polymeric monolith technology in the 1990s. Dionex also acquired ESA Biosciences' HPLC assets in 2009, expanding its expertise in this area.
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Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
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