Recent applications of nanomaterials in capillary electrophoresis

Electrophoresis. 2017 Oct;38(19):2431-2446. doi: 10.1002/elps.201700178. Epub 2017 Aug 21.

Abstract

Nanomaterials have found an important place in Analytical Chemistry and, in particular, in Separation Science. Among them, metal-organic frameworks, magnetic and non-magnetic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes and graphene, as well as their combinations, are the most important nanomaterials that have been used up to now. Concerning capillary electromigration techniques, these nanomaterials have also been used as both pseudostationary phases in electrokinetic chromatography (EKC) and as stationary phases in microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE) and capillary electrochromatography (CEC), as a result of their interesting and particular properties. This review article pretends to provide a general and critical revision of the most recent applications of nanomaterials in this field (period 2010-2017).

Keywords: Capillary electrochromatography; Capillary electrophoresis; Nanomaterials; Pseudostationary phases; Stationary phases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Capillary Electrochromatography / methods
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Microchip / methods
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Polymers
  • Graphite