Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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”.