Conventional chromatographic techniques are very powerful, yet some samples are simply too complex to be effectively analyzed by them. Analyses of very complex mixtures are performed in many areas, including petroleum industry, where characterization of petroleum products is of critical importance; the forensic sector, striving to improve pattern recognition within complex matrices; as well as food and fragrance, environmental and health sectors, where trace analysis of target analytes in complex matrices is required together with the ability to characterize unknown samples. Complete separation of all sample components based on a single separation mechanism is practically impossible in the above examples. This has been the thrust behind the development of comprehensive multidimensional separation techniques, which many consider the greatest accomplishment in chromatography in many years. GC×GC is now generally considered to be the most powerful technique ever developed for the separation of volatile analytes. LC×LC is not yet as mature as GC×GC, but the number of contributions devoted to this technique is growing rapidly. The symposium will be devoted to all aspects of comprehensive multidimensional separations. The focus of the first half-day session will be fundamental developments in GC×GC and selected applications of the technique for samples of biological origin. The second half-day session will present applications of GC×GC in petrochemical and environmental analysis, followed by talks devoted to comprehensive multidimensional liquid-phase separations. Presentations will be delivered by leading experts in their fields, including John Dimandja, Donald Patterson, Guowang Xu, Jaeho Ha, James Harynuk, Peter Haglund, Eric Reiner, Luigi Mondello, Isabelle Francois, and many others.
The Symposium is sponsored by SGE Analytical Science, LECO Corporation and RESTEK. |
