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UMIWorking at acidic condition at pH 2.4 has the advantage that electroosmotic flow is virtually eliminated. Neutral compounds are dragged by their association with the surfactant, moving as the same direction as the surfactant, resulting in fast separations. Basic compounds are also investigated under the same conditions. Excellent resolution of a mixture of 19 polyaromatic hydrocarbons was obtained in only 20 min.Incorporation of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in the electrolyte is shown to dynamically coat the capillary and reverse electroosmotic flow. The coating prevents basic proteins and peptides adsorption into the capillary wall, resulting in high separation efficiencies. A systematic study of experimental parameters demonstrated the importance of selecting a suitable buffer and an appropriate pH.Gliral recogmtion mechanism is smdied using several novel synthetic surfactants as chiral selectors, which are made from amino acids reacting with al&yl chloroformates. It was found that enantiomeric resolution can be readily manipulated by varying the alkyl groups (different chain lengths), amino acids and surfactant concentrations. Sulfonated Bcyclodextrin is also employed as a chiral selector to compare chiral selectivity with these synthetic surfactants. A duo-chiral selectors system is further investigated for the possibility of eliminating some tedious steps in chiral compounds method development.A satisfactory separation of both inorganic and organic anions is obtained using electrolyte solutions as high as 5 M sodium chloride using direct photometric detection. The temperature inside the capillary that ...