Instrumental electrophoresis, general discussion

Electrophoresis is the most powerful method available for separation and analysis of complex mixtures of charged biopolmers. This chapter provides an overview of modern electophoresis as a general introduction to the chapters which follow. The basic electrophoretic operating modes and formats for these modes are described. Means for detection of separated zones are reviewed. Finally, an approach to fully instrumental electrophoresis is discussed. 

In this section, instrumentation, general electrophoretic operations, technical and practical considerations, and types of conventional electrophoresis are discussed. 

Analytical instrumentation continues to increase in sophistication, and as a consequence, the range of materials that can now be almost routinely analysed has increased accordingly. Books in this series which are concerned with the techniques themselves will reflect such advances in analytical instrumentation, while at the same time providing full and detailed discussions of the fundamental concepts and theories of the particular analytical method being considered. Such books will cover a variety of techniques, including general instrumental analysis, spectroscopy, chromatography, electrophoresis, tandem techniques. 

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