title: Nonaqueous and aqueous capillary electrophoresis of synthetic polymers.
abstract: In this work, the use of capillary electrophoresis (CE) to analyze synthetic polymers is reviewed including works published till February 2004. The revised works have been classified depending on the CE mode (e.g., free solution capillary electrophoresis, capillary gel electrophoresis, etc.) and type of buffer (i.e., nonaqueous, aqueous and hydro-organic background electrolytes) employed to separate synthetic macromolecules. Advantages and drawbacks of these different separation procedures for polymer analysis are discussed. Also, physicochemical studies of complex polymer systems by CE are reviewed, including drug release studies, synthetic polyampholytes, dendrimers, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and associative copolymers.
authors.affiliation: Organisation Moléculaire, Evolution et Matériaux Fluorés, UMR CNRS 5073, Université de Montpellier 2, Case Courrier 017, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cottet
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simó
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vayaboury
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
mesh_terms: D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers