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High performance capillary electrophoresis - T.E.A.M.

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Instrumentation/Operation<br />

Method Mass detection Concentration Advantages/<br />

limit (moles) detection disadvantages<br />

limit (molar)*<br />

UV-Vis 10 -13 -10 -15 10 -5 -10 -8 • Universal<br />

absorption<br />

• Diode array offers spectral<br />

information<br />

Fluorescence 10 -15 10 -11 10 -7 -10 -9 • Sensitive<br />

• Usually requires sample<br />

derivatization<br />

Laser-induced 10 -18 -10 -20 10 -14 -10 -16 • Extremely sensitive<br />

fluorescence<br />

• Usually requires sample<br />

derivatization<br />

• Expensive<br />

Amperometry 10 -l8 -10 -19 10 -10 -10 -11 • Sensitive<br />

• Selective but useful<br />

only for electroactive<br />

analyses<br />

• Requires special electronics<br />

and <strong>capillary</strong><br />

modification<br />

Conductivity 10 -15 -10 -16 10 -7 -10 -8 • Universal<br />

• Requires special<br />

electronics and <strong>capillary</strong><br />

modification<br />

Mass 10 -16 -10 -17 10 -8 -10 -9 • Sensitive and offers<br />

spectrometry<br />

structural information<br />

• Interface between CE<br />

and MS complicated<br />

Indirect UV, 10-100 – •Universal<br />

fluorescence, times less • lower sensitivity than<br />

amperometry than direct direct methods<br />

method<br />

Others:<br />

Radioactivity, thermal lens, refractive index, circular dichroism, Raman<br />

Table 19<br />

*assume10 nl injection volume<br />

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