Appropriate technology in analytical separations

“适当的技术”一词是由弗里茨·舒马赫于1973年在“小即是美：经济学就好像人很重要”一书中提出的。适当技术描述了一种在对地球有限的资源影响最小的情况下满足人类需求的方法。因此，这一术语通常与可持续发展和绿色化学等术语捆绑在一起。然而，这个术语同样适用于分析实验室，我们也面临着有限的资本预算和有限的人员配备。我的研究旨在将分离技术的能力扩展到更广泛的应用领域，同时保持灵活性并将成本和复杂性降至最低。

The term "Appropriate Technology" was coined in 1973 by Fritz Schumacher in "Small is Beautiful: economics as if people matter". Appropriate Technology describes a way of providing for human needs with the least impact on the Earth's finite resources. Thus the term is often tied to terms such as sustainable development and Green chemistry. However, the term applies equally well to the analytical laboratory where we too face finite capital budgets and limited staffing. My research seeks to extend the capabilities of separation techniques such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion chromatography (IC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) to a broader range of applications while maintaining flexibility and minimizing expense and complexity.