Abstract
Microemulsion EKC (MEEKC) is an electrodriven separation technique. Separations are typically achieved using oil-in-water microemulsions, which are composed of nanometre-sized oil droplets suspended in an aqueous buffer. The droplets are stabilised by a surfactant and a cosurfactant. The novel use of water-in-oil microemulsions has also been investigated. This review summarises the advances in the development of MEEKC separations and also the different areas of application including determination of log P values, pharmaceutical applications, chiral analysis, natural products and bioanalytical separations and the use of new methods such as multiplexed MEEKC and high speed MEEKC. Recent applications (2004-2006) are tabulated for each area with microemulsion composition details.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 193-207 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Electrophoresis |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2007 |
Keywords
- CE
- Microemulsion EKC