Written by over 40 internationally acclaimed authorities on thin-layer chromatography (TLC), this comprehensive Second Edition presents the latest techniques, instrumentation, and applications of overpressurized, rotational, and high-performance quantitative TLC. Offering a systematic approach to TLC, the Handbook of Thin-Layer Chromatography, Second Edition contains new, practical information on the detection, identification, and documentation of chromatograph zones...optical quantitation...flame ionization detection...automation and robotics...nucleic acid derivatives...and more.