Recent developments in chemiluminescence and photochemical reaction detection for capillary electrophoresis

The remarkable resolution and ability to analyze small samples make capilla ry electrophoresis (CE) an attractive technique. However, analysis in capil lary dimensions makes detection a formidable challenge. Over the past decad e there has been increased interest in coupling chemiluminescence (CL) dete ction and photochemical reaction detection (PCRD) with CE. Much of this app eal stems from the proven sensitivity and selectivity of CL detection and P CRD coupled to HPLC. The current state of CL and PCRD and the limitations o f CE-CL and CE-PCRD are discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All right s reserved.