Instrumental Thin-Layer Chromatography

Professor Colin Poole is internationally known in the field of thin-layer chromatography and is an editor of the Journal of Chromatography and former editor of the Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC. He has authored several books on chromatography, recent examples being The Essence of Chromatography published by Elsevier (2003), and Gas Chromatography published by Elsevier (2012). He is the author of approximately 400 research articles, many of which deal with thin-layer chromatography, and is co-chair of the biennial “International Symposium on High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography”.

Section 1: Fundamentals and Practice of Thin-Layer Chromatography 1. Core Concepts and Milestones in Thin-Layer Chromatography 2. Stationary Phases for Thin-Layer Chromatography 3. Solvent Selection and Method Development 4. Automated Multiple Development 5. Development by Forced-Flow and Pressurized Planar Electrochromatography 6. Instrument Platforms for Thin-Layer Chromatography 7. Theory and Instrumentation for In Situ Detection 8. Advanced Spectroscopic Detectors for Identification and Quantification: Infrared, Raman and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 9. Advances Spectrometric Detectors for Identification and Quantification: Mass Spectrometry 10. Staining and Derivatization Techniques for Detection 11. Effects-Directed Detection: Biological Assays 12. Effects-Directed Detection: Enzymatic Assays 13. Validation of Thin-Layer Chromatographic Methods 14. Data Analysis Tools in Thin-Layer Chromatography 15. Small-scale and Microfluidic Planar Separation Systems

Section 2: Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography 16. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography to the Separation of Amino Acids and Peptides 17. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography to the Analysis of Saccharides 18. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography to the Analysis of Lipids 19. Applications of Thin-layer Chromatography in Food Analysis 20. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography in Environmental Analysis 21. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography in the Pharmaceutical Industry 22. Applications of Thin-layer Chromatography in Forensic Analysis 23. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography in the Quality Control of Botanicals 24. Applications of Thin-Layer Chromatography in the Quality Control of Dietary Supplements