Date of Award

2002

Degree Type

Dissertation

First Advisor

Raymond Panzica

Abstract

The use of coatings on fused silica in Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) has increased the types of analytes that can be successfully analyzed by the technique. Coatings have also increased the possible uses of CE in the future by providing another dimension of separation optimization for CE separations. Conductive polymer coatings are new to the field of CE. The double strand structure of these polymers used in these studies imparts physically and chemical stability to them. In this dissertation the methods and effects of coating fused silica with conductive polymers were investigated and separations of neutral, anionic and cationic molecules were performed.

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.