Diode Array Detection in HPLC (Chromatographic Science Series)

This resource discusses the principles and techniques of diode array detectors, compares them to conventional absorbance detectors, and examines their applications in high-performance liquid chromatography.;Providing guidelines on how to optimize diode array detectors for high sensitivity, selectivity, linearity and automation, Diode Array Detection in HPLC presents: early developments in diode array technology; current areas of application; computer techniques for spectral library searching; the mathematical basis of spectral deconvolution; practical uses of ultraviolet spectra for peak purity control and peak confirmation; chromatographic examples for HPLC applications, and more.;Diode Array Detection in HPLC is a practical guide for analytical, food, and pharmaceutical chemists and biochemists; analytical laboratory managers, consultants, and operators; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-education students in these disciplines.