RECENT ADVANCES IN THE ANALYSIS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS AND FULLERENES

This paper highlights advances which have occurred in the last three years related to the analysis of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and fullerenes by chromatographic and related techniques. The techniques reviewed include sample preparation, supercritical fluid ''traction (SFE), gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography and micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography. Some of the most significant advances have occurred in the area of sample preparation, including the increased adoption of solid-phase extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, hyphenated chromatographic methods (e.g. LC-LC, LC-GC, etc.) and the chromatographic separation of fullerenes which did not exist on a macroscopic scale three years ago.