Bilayered phospholipid micelles and capillary electrophoresis: a new additive for electrokinetic chromatography
Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 20, 2026

Sheathless Capillary Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry for Metabolic Profiling of Biological Samples
Published on: October 1, 2016
Lisa A Holland1, Alyison M Leigh
1Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA. lisa.holland@mail.wvu.edu
Abstract:
Phospholipid micelles and bilayered micelles (bicelles) were investigated as a new media for electrokinetic chromatography. The benefit to using these additives for micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) is the potential of a simple bilayer membrane model operated with fast analysis time, and low sample injection volumes. The system is used to separate peptides/protein and is tested with a series of beta-blockers. The results suggest that bicelle electrokinetic chromatography provides selectivity and holds potential as an alternative approach to modeling membrane phenomenon.
Related Concept Videos
Capillary Electrophoresis: Applications
Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) separates ionic components based on their electrophoretic mobility. It has been used to separate proteins, amino acids,...
Electrophoresis: Overview
There...
Capillary Electrophoresis: Instrumentation
Ion-Exchange Chromatography
Size-Exclusion Chromatography
Silica particles offer advantages such as rigidity,...
Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis
The first dimension separation uses the isoelectric focusing or IEF technique performed on immobilized pH gradient (IPG) strips that separate proteins according to their isoelectric points.
Biological samples, such as cells...
