| Abstract: | Capillary columns in gas chromatography, first proposed by Golay 1,2], have become well established 3] which have extremely high column efficiencies and separabilities. Everyone could imagine it to be a great tool if such a kind of high efficiency column could be established in liquid chromatography (LC). Microcapillary liquid chromatography (MCLC) may be one way of achieving high-efficiency in terms of theoretical plates. Few papers were published in this field before 1976 4–6], but more recently, after 1977 7–15], this field has become one of topical interest in liquid chromatography. Temporarily there are two microcapillary liquid chromatography, that is: ?open-tubular”? 7,8,10–15] and ?packed”? 9] MCLC. In this presentation we focus on open-tubular microcapillary liquid chromatography and a review contemporary developments of ours and others. |
