Particle Separation Techniques

Catia Contado is an associate professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Ferrara, where she currently teaches analytical chemistry, analytical techniques for characterizing nano- and micro-structured materials, and quality assurance for pharmaceutical industries. She earned a PhD in analytical and environmental chemistry at the University of Ferrara but she carried out her research at the Water Studies Centre of Monash University (Melbourne, AU) and at the Field Flow Fractionation Research Center of University of Utah (UT, USA). In 2006, as Fulbright Fellow, she worked at the Lerner Research Centre - Cleveland Clinic (OH, USA). Her research interests include the development of analytical methods for the analysis of micro and nanomaterials of natural and industrial origin, contained in pharmaceutical, food and consumer products.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction - The new, latest improvements in the particle separation techniques 2. What is a particle, classification and properties 3. Particle dispersions in liquid media 4. Particle characterization: parameters and selected methods

Part 2: Preparative separations 5. Membrane-based filtration technology 6. Sedimentation 7. Electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis 8. Magnetic Separations (MS) 9. Historical overview of flow cytometry and frontier applications 10. Affinity Chromatography 11. Affinity separation on fibers and surfaces Part 3: Analytical separations 12. Production, role and use of reference materials for nanoparticle characterization 13. Size exclusion chormatography (SEC) 14. Passive and active microfluidic separation methods 15. Inertial microfluidic techniques 16. Analytical ultracentrifugation 17. Centrifugal liquid sedimentation methods 18. Theoretical principles of field-flow fractionation and SPLITT 19. Field flow fractionation (FFF): practical and experimental aspects 20. Capillar electromigration techniques

Part 4: Present Challenges 21. Regulatory and technical challenges in the size characterization of nanoparticulate systems