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Figure 2 (Continued)<br />

chapter, one <strong>of</strong> the emerging approaches for solving the above problems will be<br />

introduced, namely multidimensional liquid chromatography. Difficulties<br />

connected with complex polymer systems characterization grow exponentially<br />

with the number <strong>of</strong> characteristics to be independently determined. So far,<br />

systems possessing two distributions have been treated, <strong>and</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> further<br />

distribution(s) has been neglected. For that reason <strong>and</strong> also for the sake <strong>of</strong><br />

clarity, we shall concentrate on two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-<br />

HPLC or 2D-LC) <strong>of</strong> complex polymer systems. The scope <strong>of</strong> this chapter does<br />

not allow us to provide adetailed survey <strong>of</strong> the literature. Therefore, we shall<br />

refer mainly to reviews <strong>and</strong> to monographs. At this time the excellent<br />

monograph by Glö ckner (3) should be mentioned first. More recent broader<br />

publications describing several applications <strong>of</strong> 2D-HPLC for complex polymers<br />

are those by Pasch <strong>and</strong> Trathnigg (4) <strong>and</strong> Kilz <strong>and</strong> Pasch (5). Further, we<br />

include some basic papers, <strong>and</strong> other important experimental works which, for<br />

various reasons, have not been mentioned in the books <strong>of</strong> Refs 4<strong>and</strong> 5, <strong>and</strong> will<br />

also select some very recent publications. We shall not treat in detail the<br />

hyphenated methods that combine chromatographic separations with the<br />

nonchromatographic separations such as mass spectrometry, TREF <strong>and</strong><br />

CRYSTAF, field flow fractionation, <strong>and</strong> so on. Some other hyphenations <strong>of</strong><br />

HPLC with nonchromatographic methods <strong>of</strong> measurement will be briefly<br />

mentioned as important detection approaches (Sec. 10). Weshall also deal with<br />

hyphenation <strong>of</strong> HPLC methods with the HPLC-like procedures, which enable<br />

reconcentration, storage, <strong>and</strong> transfer <strong>of</strong> samples, as well as eluent exchange in<br />

2D-HPLC instruments (Sec. 7). Weanticipate that the so far less-known HPLClike<br />

procedures, together with hyphenated detection will in future constitute<br />

expedient <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>ten even indispensable components <strong>of</strong> many 2D-HPLC<br />

methods. As is typical for a h<strong>and</strong>book, we shall give simplified, general method<br />

descriptions, basic explanations, <strong>and</strong> practical hints. Selected 2D-HPLC<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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