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Microscale Separation and Analysis

A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2015) | Viewed by 15119

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Prof. Dr. Christopher Palmer

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Humanities and Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Interests: electrokinetic chromatography; polymeric nanoparticles; environmental analytical chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,

Microscale separation and analysis has generated significant interest in recent years, due to significant advantages in analyses time and cost, sample size requirements, performance, and compatibility with detection and analysis technologies, such as mass spectrometry. The development and integration of capillary and microfluidic approaches, including pressure-driven and electro-driven capillary chromatography, electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis, electrokinetic chromatography, micro-scale extraction, and microfluidics has resulted in improvements in performance, functionality, and throughput. This Special Issue will feature recent and significant developments in microscale separation and analysis technologies.

Prof. Dr. Christopher Palmer
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Keywords

  • micro-scale analysis
  • analytical performance
  • capillary chromatography
  • microfluidics
  • capillary electrophoresis
  • sample ereparation

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Evaluation of 5 μm Superficially Porous Particles for Capillary and Microfluidic LC Columns
by James P. Grinias and Robert T. Kennedy
Chromatography 2015, 2(3), 502-514; https://doi.org/10.3390/chromatography2030502 - 4 Aug 2015
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Large-size (4–5 µm) superficially porous particles yield lower plate heights (e.g., the minimal reduced plate height or hmin ≈ 1.5) than fully porous particles of a similar size when packed into large-bore columns. This property allows for better chromatographic performance without the [...] Read more.
Large-size (4–5 µm) superficially porous particles yield lower plate heights (e.g., the minimal reduced plate height or hmin ≈ 1.5) than fully porous particles of a similar size when packed into large-bore columns. This property allows for better chromatographic performance without the higher pressures required for smaller particles. This study explores the use of such particles in microfluidic LC columns where materials and fitting pressure limits can constrain the size of particle used. The theoretically predicted performance improvements compared to fully porous particles were not demonstrated in capillary columns (with hmin ≈ 2 for both particle types), in agreement with previous studies that examined smaller superficially porous particles. Microfluidic columns were then compared to capillary columns. Capillary columns significantly outperformed microfluidic columns due to imperfections imposed by microfluidic channel asymmetry and world-to-chip connection at the optimal flow rate; however, superficially porous particles packed in microfluidic LC columns had flatter plate height versus flow rate curves indicating potential for better performance at high reduced velocities. Full article
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A Novel Micro Pressurized Liquid Extraction Method for Rapid Sample Preparation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Various Solids
by Jackson J. Frantz, Fadi L. Alkhateeb and Kevin B. Thurbide
Chromatography 2015, 2(3), 488-501; https://doi.org/10.3390/chromatography2030488 - 3 Aug 2015
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The use of a novel micro pressurized liquid extraction (µPLE) method for the isolation of 16 priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from various solid samples is explored. The technique employs rapid heating in a single static extraction mode to remove analytes in [...] Read more.
The use of a novel micro pressurized liquid extraction (µPLE) method for the isolation of 16 priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from various solid samples is explored. The technique employs rapid heating in a single static extraction mode to remove analytes in a matter of seconds from 5–10 mg samples using only 125 µL of solvent. For example, results show that 30 s extractions with toluene at 200 °C produce respective PAH recovery ranges of 90%–130% and 88%–114% from samples of soil and smoked chicken. Comparatively, solids containing significant amounts of biochar were more challenging to extract from. For instance, when using a pure biochar sample matrix, recoveries for the 16 PAHs range from only 33%–66% after 60 s of extraction with toluene at 200 °C. Overall, these extraction results agree very well with those reported when using conventional methods on similar samples. Therefore, the findings indicate that µPLE can potentially provide an alternative sample preparation method for PAHs that is both very rapid and requires little solvent. Full article
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