Introduction of Capillary Electrophoresis with Photo Diode Array Detection into the Analytical, Biochemistry, and Undergraduate Research Laboratories

毛细管电泳作为一种分析工具在化学及相关领域的应用越来越重要。一些学院和大学已经开始将毛细管电泳方法引入他们的本科课程，但只有一篇关于将毛细管电泳用于本科教育的公开报道。该项目开始了仪器设备现代化的进程，购买了带有光电二极管阵列探测器的毛细管电泳系统和用于数据采集和分析的工作站。通过使用这台仪器，学生可以接触到以前系所缺乏的化学和仪器分析的几个领域。正在为一个仪器方法实验室和一个生物化学实验室开发实验室练习。毛细管电泳系统也可供从事化学和相关学科研究的本科生使用。

Capillary electrophoresis is becoming increasingly important as an analytical tool in many areas of chemistry and related fields. Several colleges and universities have begun to introduce capillary electrophoretic methods into their undergraduate programs, but there remains only one published report of the use of capillary electrophoresis for undergraduate education. The project begins the process of modernizing the instrumental facilities with the purchase of a capillary electrophoresis system with photo diode array detector and workstation for data acquisition and analysis. Through the use of this instrument, students can be exposed to several areas of chemistry and instrumental analysis previously lacking in the department. Laboratory exercises are being developed for an instrumental methods laboratory and a biochemistry laboratory. The capillary electrophoresis system is also made accessible to undergraduates conducting research in chemistry and related disciplines.