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Capillary Electrophoresis: Principles and Applications

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CH-301: Analytical separation methods

Les étudiants comprennent les bases physico-chimiques des méthodes de séparation chromatographiques et électrophorétiques. ...

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This lecture covers the principles and applications of capillary electrophoresis, a technique for separating ionic or ionizable species based on their migration in an electric field. It explains the differences between electrophoresis and chromatography, the migration theory, electroosmosis phenomenon, and the factors influencing migration rates. The lecture also discusses the use of buffers, capillary modifications, injection methods, detectors, and the resolution of peaks. Additionally, it explores the impact of applied power on separation efficiency, the role of electroosmotic flow, and the potential of electrophoresis on microchips. Various aspects such as chemical derivatization, selectivity, and the use of stationary phases in electrochromatography are also addressed.

Instructor

Christophe Roussel

Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) in chemistry at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Cachan, France)PhD Thesis in physical organic chemistry at the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (Besançon, France) / Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Cachan, France)

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Chromatography

In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the mobile phase, which carries it through a system (a column, a capillary tube, a plate, or a sheet) on which a material called the stationary phase is fixed. Because the different constituents of the mixture tend to have different affinities for the stationary phase and are retained for different lengths of time depending on their interactions with its surface sites, the constituents travel at different apparent velocities in the mobile fluid, causing them to separate.

Separation process

A separation process is a method that converts a mixture or a solution of chemical substances into two or more distinct product mixtures, a scientific process of separating two or more substance in order to obtain purity. At least one product mixture from the separation is enriched in one or more of the source mixture's constituents. In some cases, a separation may fully divide the mixture into pure constituents. Separations exploit differences in chemical properties or physical properties (such as size, shape, mass, density, or chemical affinity) between the constituents of a mixture.

Particle detector

In experimental and applied particle physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionizing particles, such as those produced by nuclear decay, cosmic radiation, or reactions in a particle accelerator. Detectors can measure the particle energy and other attributes such as momentum, spin, charge, particle type, in addition to merely registering the presence of the particle.

Semiconductor detector

A semiconductor detector in ionizing radiation detection physics is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually silicon or germanium) to measure the effect of incident charged particles or photons. Semiconductor detectors find broad application for radiation protection, gamma and X-ray spectrometry, and as particle detectors. In semiconductor detectors, ionizing radiation is measured by the number of charge carriers set free in the detector material which is arranged between two electrodes, by the radiation.

High-performance liquid chromatography

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture. It relies on pumps to pass a pressurized liquid solvent containing the sample mixture through a column filled with a solid adsorbent material. Each component in the sample interacts slightly differently with the adsorbent material, causing different flow rates for the different components and leading to the separation of the components as they flow out of the column.

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