M. Maeder et Kj. Molloy, LIFETIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION IN CHROMATOGRAPHY - GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF EMISSION DECAY SURFACES, Chemometrics and intelligent laboratory systems, 28(1), 1995, pp. 99-107
Time resolved fluorescence detection adds another dimension to chromat
ography. Global analysis of the measured emission decay surfaces resul
ts in reliable lifetimes and concentration profiles for unknown and se
verely, up to completely, overlapping peak systems. The limits of the
proposed algorithm are tested for three-component overlapping peak clu
sters with respect to chromatographic resolution, lifetime similaritie
s, relative concentration (minor components), and data noise levels.