Restek at analytica 2026

We can’t wait to see you at this year’s analytica! Join us at booth A2.316 March 24-27 in Munich, Germany where we’ll be celebrating our 40th birthday with: 

🍿 Fresh popcorn 
📷 A polaroid photo wall 
🗺️ A peak hide-and-seek game

• Discover why our new RMX column is the future of GC!
• Play our peak hide-and-seek game and snap a polaroid in front our fun photo wall!
• Experience a demo to learn how our EZ software suite could allow you to perform method development in minutes.
• Come and talk with the Restek team about our LC, GC, Standards and Sample Prep options: they’re here to answer your questions and help you optimize your analyses with our flagship products and analytical solutions.

Technical Presentation

Poster: Importance of GC Column Deactivation Technology for the analysis of Challenging Analytes 

• Presentation each day 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Foyer of the ICM.  
• Authors: Erica Pack, Victoria Zeger, Chris English, Ramkumar Dhandapani, Colton Myers

A recent advancement in gas chromatography (GC) column deactivation balances chromatographic performance of acidic, basic and neutral analytes at trace level concentrations. Deactivation is a critical step in GC column manufacturing that modifies the fused silica capillary surface activity to promote coating and adhesion.

Residual surface silanols, which result from incomplete deactivation or surface contamination, adsorb acidic and basic compounds resulting in peak area loss or tailing. Deactivation procedures vary between products and manufacturers, with individual benefits and drawbacks that become exacerbated during sensitive applications. There is increasing demand to improve identification and quantification of reactive analytes with complex or consolidated methodologies.

New GC deactivation technology improves polymer adhesion and minimizes residual surface activity for a long lasting, broadly inert surface. Columns built with the new GC deactivation technology were challenged with a wide variety of applications, and against traditional 5-type columns.

Overall, the new deactivation presents an advancement over traditional GC columns, providing unparalleled inertness to a broader range of acids, bases, and neutrals. These improvements offer opportunity for method consolidation and trace level analysis that would not be successful with traditional technology.

Featured Products & Analytical Solutions

• New RMX Columns
• EZGC Online Suite
• EZLC Online Suite
• Inert LC Columns
• Raptor Columns
• Ultra IBD LC Columns
• SVOC Reference Standards
• PFAS Reference Standards
• Resprep Dual-Bed PFAS Cartridges