MRI: Acquisition of a Capillary Electrophoresis Instrument for the Enhancement of Research and Teaching at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

在主要研究仪器(MRI)和化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)项目的授予下，位于科珀斯克里斯蒂的德克萨斯农工大学将获得一台用于教学和研究的毛细管电泳仪。毛细管电泳法是一种离子分离技术，可以分析两种或两种以上组分的溶液。它使用小的色谱柱(所谓的毛细管)和电压差(电泳法)来实现分离。它在分析非常小的带电样品时是有效的。这个仪器将被本科生用于他们的研究。它将用于实验室课程，培训学生使用一种经常在DNA、法医和环境分析实验室使用的技术。该建议旨在加强研究，特别是在以下领域：(A)通过专门为手性分离设计的介质深入了解手性识别的影响因素；(B)开发带电联吡啶和扩展联吡啶类洗涤剂，作为胶束电动色谱学(MEKC)中拟固定相进行评估；以及(C)研究地下水和地表水相互作用中的主要离子和金属迁移。

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) programs, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi will acquire a capillary electrophoresis instrument for teaching and research. Capillary electrophoresis is an ion separation technique which can analyze a solution of two or more components. It uses small chromatography columns (so called capillary tubes) and a voltage difference (electrophoresis) to effect the separation. It is effective at analyzing very small charged samples. This instrument will be used by undergraduate students in their research. It will be used in laboratory courses to train students in a technique often used in DNA, forensic and environmental analysis laboratories. The proposal is aimed at enhancing research especially in areas such as (a) gaining insight into factors responsible for chiral recognition with media specifically designed for use in chiral separations; (b) developing charged bipyridinium and extended bipyridinium based detergents to be evaluated as pseudostationary phases in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC); and (c) examining major ion and metal transport in ground and surface water interactions.