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Capillary Chromatography

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Narrow-bore open or packed capillaries, rather than conventional wide-bore packed columns, constitute the geometric defining feature of capillary chromatography. The small inner diameter reduces plate height and solvent consumption and permits electrokinetic as well as pressure-driven flow. Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) superimposes a charged micellar pseudostationary phase on capillary electrophoresis, so that neutral and charged solutes acquire differential migration through chromatographic partition into the micelles in addition to electrophoretic mobility [1]. Packed or monolithic capillaries with immobilized ligands, including aptamers, provide a true stationary phase inside the same capillary format [2]. Conceptual boundaries exclude ordinary packed-column HPLC of several millimetres internal diameter, and they exclude free-zone capillary electrophoresis that lacks a chromatographic partition medium. Essential features are a capillary conduit, a defined stationary or pseudostationary phase, and a driving force—pressure, electroosmosis, or both—that transports the mobile phase [3]. Two-dimensional couplings of capillary sieving electrophoresis with MEKC further illustrate that the capillary is the format, while the retention chemistry may vary [4].

capillary chromatography micellar electrokinetic chromatography narrow-bore column electroosmosis
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  1. Morteza G. Khaledi; Scott C. Smith; Joost K. Strasters; Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography of acidic solutes: migration behavior and optimization strategies. Anal. Chem. 1991, 63, 1820-1830. [CrossRef]
  2. Qiang Zhao; Xing-Fang Li; X. Chris Le; Aptamer-Modified Monolithic Capillary Chromatography for Protein Separation and Detection. Anal. Chem. 2008, 80, 3915-3920. [CrossRef]
  3. Paul. Wernly; Wolfgang. Thormann; Analysis of illicit drugs in human urine by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with on-column fast scanning polychrome absorption detection. Anal. Chem. 1991, 63, 2878-2882. [CrossRef]
  4. Shen Hu; David A. Michels; Abul Fazal; Chootima Ratisoontorn; Michael L. Cunningham; Norman J. Dovichi; Capillary Sieving Electrophoresis/Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography for Two-Dimensional Protein Fingerprinting of Single Mammalian Cells. Anal. Chem. 2004, 76, 4044-4049. [CrossRef]
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