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To: tuck who wrote (810)	8/28/2001 10:10:57 AM
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>>SAN CARLOS, Calif. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001-- Argonaut Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AGNT - news) today announced that Jeff Labadie, Ph.D., Argonaut vice president, chemistry, will chair a symposium entitled ``Combinatorial and Highly Parallel Techniques for New Materials'' in the Division of Polymer Chemistry at the 222nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) held this week in Chicago, Illinois. Argonaut also announced several product enhancements that are on display at the ACS in the Argonaut Booth No. 900. Labadie will give a presentation titled ``Perspectives in Combinatorial and High-Throughput Synthesis: Small Molecules to Polymers'' at 1:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 at McCormick Place South, Room S101A, Level 1. Argonaut scientists will present three posters in the Division of Organic Chemistry on Wednesday morning, August 29, 2001. The posters can be viewed at McCormick Place Lakeside Center Hall, Level 3. Zinsser Analytic GmbH Robotic System Displayed On display at Argonaut's ACS booth is SPEEDY(TM), a workbench, liquid-handler robot designed for purification of compounds and isolation of materials by solid phase extraction (SPE). SPEEDY is one of several robotic products from Zinsser Analytic GmbH that Argonaut has exclusive rights to distribute in the United States and Japan. Zinsser instrumentation consists of a robust robotic platform that utilizes a modular workbench design that performs all possible liquid and powder handling functions. Chemists typically use Zinsser instruments for applications that include general liquid handling, product weighing and data entry, preparing mother and daughter plates for high throughput screening, distribution of resins and powders, work-up and purification of reaction mixtures from vials or plates, and complete solution- and solid-phase synthesis systems. A built-in robotic arm can move reactor blocks, pick up tools such as powder dispensers, electrodes and temperature probes, and can position plates, vials and tubes around the deck with unsurpassed reliability. These systems were designed with the chemist in mind and can handle a wide range of organic solvents and air sensitive reagents. The Zinsser robotic product line is a natural compliment to Argonaut's instruments and when combined together provide a total solution to chemists. Trident(TM) Software New Release Also at the ACS is Argonaut's latest release of Trident(TM) software version 2.1. This software adds new capabilities and increased flexibility to the Trident Automated Library Synthesizer. With Version 2.1, Trident users can independently control up to four Reaction Cassettes(TM) for temperature, mode of addition, quench conditions and reaction time. Chemists also have the flexibility to run distinct chemistries on each Reaction Cassette under independent reaction conditions thereby extending the capability of the Trident. The Trident Automated Library Synthesizer is used to develop libraries of compounds using either solid- or solution-phase chemistries that utilize simple to complex chemistries. Up to four proprietary Reaction Cassettes(TM) can be used on the Trident Synthesizer for automated reagent/solvent delivery, heating, cooling, agitation and collection of 192 compounds in an inert environment. Trident software is easy-to-learn, even for occasional users, yet has the power to completely automate complex, multi-step reactions. CamileTG(TM) Software Provides In-situ Analysis Argonaut's CamileTG(TM) software now supports the FBRM(TM) particle size analyzer from Lasentec and the RamanRxn(TM) spectroscopy system from Kaiser Optical, Inc. These two new software interfaces for these sophisticated and widely used analytical devices will allow chemists to obtain critical reaction pathway and kinetic information from the reaction in-situ and feed that data back into the CamileTG software. The new software interface enables the CamileTG software to use data collected from the FBRM analyzer and RamanRxn spectroscopy system as feedback control mechanisms. Based on the data gathered by these analytical devices, CamileTG software can now, automatically, make critical changes to a reaction while the experiment is running, thereby avoiding wasted materials, failed experiments and the related expenses of both. The widely adopted in-situ analysis used in both the FBRM and the RamanRxn techniques provides a direct snapshot of the actual events of a chemical reaction and eliminates the need for sample handling and preparation required for other analytical techniques. The introduction of either analyzer system to a CamileTG software controlled Clark(TM) system increases the amount of data available to the chemist. The addition of these capabilities further expands the utility of CamileTG software for process control and data acquisition in the chemical environment. ``The integration of the FBRM and RamanRxn probes are a valuable addition to our process chemistry capabilities and marks a new phase in the development of CamileTG'' stated Dennis Dye, Argonaut's vice president, instruments.<< snip Cheers, Tuck