Electrochromatography HPLC

Capillary Electrochromatography Another approach to separating neutral species is capillary electrochromatography (CEC). In this technique the capillary tubing is packed with 1.5-3-pm silica particles coated with a bonded, nonpolar stationary phase. Neutral species separate based on their ability to partition between the stationary phase and the buffer solution (which, due to electroosmotic flow, is the mobile phase). Separations are similar to the analogous HPLC separation, but without the need for high-pressure pumps, furthermore, efficiency in CEC is better than in HPLC, with shorter analysis times. 

Pusecker K, J Schewitz, P Gfrorer, L-H Tseng, K Albert, E Bayer (1998) On-line coupling of capillary electrochromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and capillary HPLC with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Anal Chem 70 3280-3285. 

Recently a decreased level of CE activity has been noticed with a shift of attention towards other separation techniques such as electrochromatography. CE is apparently not more frequently used partly because of early instrumental problems associated with lower sensitivity, sample injection, and lack of precision and reliability compared with HPLC. CE has slumped in many application areas with relatively few accepted routine methods and few manufacturers in the market place. While the slow acceptance of electrokinetic separations in polymer analysis has been attributed to conservatism [905], it is more likely that as yet no unique information has been generated in this area or eventually only the same information has been gathered in a more efficient manner than by conventional means. The applications of CE have recently been reviewed [949,950] metal ion determination by CE was specifically addressed by Pacakova et al. [951]. 

Keywords MonolithPorous polymer, Separation, HPLC, Capillary electrochromatography, Enzyme immobilization, Modification... 

Reversed-phase HPLC can be compared in terms of its utility with other modes of chromatography and with other separation techniques such as gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis (CE), and capillary electrochromatography. 

This review provides an overview of the literature published to date on macrocyclic antibiotics exploited for enantioselective separations in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). It was not intended as a comprehensive issue on the applications of such antibiotics in sub- and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), thin layer chromatography (TLC), capillary electrophoresis (CE), and capillary electrochromatography (CEC). A number of structural properties of the most important macrocyclic antibiotics applied in HPLC enantioseparations are listed in Table 2.1. 

Pesek, I.I., Matyska, M.T., Sandoval, J.E., and Williamsen, E.I., Synthesis, characterization and applications of hydride-based surface materials for HPLC, HPCE and electrochromatography, J. Liq. Chromatogr. Relat. Technol, 19, 2843, 1996. 

Versatility of CE separation modes zone electrophoresis (CZE), micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC), gel electrophoresis (CGE), isotachophoresis (CITP), isoelectric focusing (CIEF), capillary electrochromatography (CEC, a hybrid with HPLC), and last but not least Affinity CE (ACE)... 

Li, Y., Chen, Y., Xiang, R., Ciuparu, D., Pfefferle, L. D., Horwath, C., and Wilkins, J. A., Incorporation of single-wall carbon nanotubes into an organic polymer monolithic stationary phase for mu-HPLC and capillary electrochromatography, Analytical Chemistry 77(5), 1398-1406, 2005. 

Finally, when RPC methods are used in preparative studies with peptides, the opportunity routinely exists for subsequent analysis of the recovered fractions by a variety of analytical methods including high-speed RP-HPLC, HP-IEX, HP-HILIC, or HP-IMAC, zonal or micellar electrokinetic high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HP-CZE and MECK-CZE), capillary electrochromatography (CEC), or capillary isotachophoresis. The combination of the RPC information, drawn from the In k versus i > plots, with the data derived from on-line spectroscopic detection thus readily provides a comprehensive opportunity to assess the purity of an isolated peptide, many of the physicochemical features of the interaction, as well as a means to optimize the resolution in the RPC separation. 

Capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is a rapidly emerging analytical separation technique, with several different instrumental formats and prepacked CEC capillary columns now available. P15-323 As an advanced nanoseparation technology, CEC represents an orthogonal hybrid of HPLC and HP-CZE. As a consequence, resolution can be achieved... 

Micellar etectrokinetic chromatography electrophoresis with micelles acting as pseudostationary phase Capillary electrochromatography similar to HPLC, except mobile phase is driven by electroosmosis instead of pressure... 

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