Scout theory

These tests provide an answer to the question What happens qualitatively and, whether looking for new phenomena or sorting likely catalysts for special purposes, require the scanning of many contacts as in the typical industrial problem. The risk that an outstanding catalyst may be missed will be minimized if the scouting work is not too closely bounded owing to excessive reliance upon literature or sketchy theory a framework of background exploration is essential. 

The work of Sharma et al. (2000) and Mook et al. (2000) supports the dynamic stripe theory against the Fertni-liquid approach (Zaanen 2000). For materials research it is important to know that stripe phases appear also in 123-0 , in order to scout for possible mesoscopic structural indications of their presence as a function of nonstoichiometry. 

The method optimization chapter reviews five commonly used techniques for assisting bench chromatographers in method optimization or development eluo-tropic series and solvent strength, triangulation, scout gradient, window diagrams, and brute force. Detailed examples and explanations are presented so that these concepts can readily be put to use. Theory is not discussed. 

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