Journal Title：Chromatographia

Separation sciences, in all their various forms such as chromatography, field-flow fractionation, and electrophoresis, provide some of the most powerful techniques in analytical chemistry and are applied within a number of important application areas, including archaeology, biotechnology, clinical, environmental, food, medical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, polymer and biopolymer research. Beyond serving analytical purposes, separation techniques are also used for preparative and process-scale applications. The scope and power of separation sciences is significantly extended by combination with spectroscopic detection methods (e.g., laser-based approaches, nuclear-magnetic resonance, Raman, chemiluminescence) and particularly, mass spectrometry, to create hyphenated techniques. In addition to exciting new developments in chromatography, such as ultra high-pressure systems, multidimensional separations, and high-temperature approaches, there have also been great advances in hybrid methods combining chromatography and electro-based separations, especially on the micro- and nanoscale. Integrated biological procedures (e.g., enzymatic, immunological, receptor-based assays) can also be part of the overall analytical process.

各种形式的分离科学，如色谱、场流分离和电泳，提供了分析化学中一些最强大的技术，并应用于许多重要的应用领域，包括考古学、生物技术、临床、环境、食品、医疗、石油、制药、聚合物和生物聚合物研究。除了用于分析目的之外，分离技术还用于制备和工艺规模的应用。通过与光谱检测方法（例如，基于激光的方法、核磁共振、拉曼、化学发光），特别是质谱法相结合，分离科学的范围和力量得到了显着扩展，以创建联用技术。除了令人兴奋的色谱新发展，如超高压系统、多维分离和高温方法外，结合色谱和电分离的混合方法也取得了巨大进步，特别是在微米和纳米尺度上.综合生物学程序（例如，酶促、免疫、基于受体的检测）也可以成为整个分析过程的一部分。