C. Vogt et Gl. Klunder, Separation of metal ions by capillary electrophoresis - diversity, advantages, and drawbacks of detection methods, FRESEN J AN, 370(4), 2001, pp. 316-331
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been applied to metal-ion analysis durin
g the last 10 years. To improve sensitivity and selectivity different modes
of detection have been adapted or developed. The selection of commercially
available detection systems for metal-ion analysis is still primarily limi
ted to UV-Vis detection, although other commercial systems, e.g. fluorescen
ce, conductivity, or interfaces for coupling to mass spectrometry (MS) or i
nductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) are becoming available
. High demands are made on any detector used in CE, because the analytical
signal has to be extracted from less than 1 nL of sample, which corresponds
to a total amount of less than or equal to 10(-12) to 10(-15) mol analyte.
This paper compares currently available and recently developed detection m
ethods for CE as applied to the analysis of metal ions. Commercially availa
ble techniques, for example UV-Vis, fluorescence, or mass spectrometry, and
other new detection methods including electrochemistry, radioactivity, and
XRF, are discussed and future trends are anticipated.