Application of ionic liquids in analytical chemistry

Summary, in English

Room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) are gaining wide recognition as novel solvents in chemistry. Their application in analytical chemistry, especially in separating analytes, is merited because ILs have some unique properties, such as negligible vapor pressure, good thermal stability, tunable viscosity and miscibility with water and organic solvents, as well as good extractability for various organic compounds and metal ions. This review gives a brief overview of the application of ILs in analytical chemistry, including sample preparation, chromatographic/capillary electrophoretic (CE) separation, and detection. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

• Author: Jing-fu Liu; Jan Åke Jönsson; G B Jiang
• Department/s: Centre for Analysis and Synthesis
• Publishing year: 2005
• Language: English
• Pages: 20-27
• Publication/Series: Trac. Trends in Analytical Chemistry
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2004.09.005
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Analytical Chemistry
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0165-9936