Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

Comprehensive Two-dimensional gas chromatography, or GCxGC was originally described in 1991 by Professor Phillips and his student Liu. Since then the GC × GC has been extensively applied to solve complex problems of separations. Started in the Oil and Gas Industry the technology was mainly used for the complex oil samples to determine the many different types of Hydrocarbons and its isomers. Nowadays in these types of samples it has been reported that over 30000 different compounds could be identified in a crude oil with this Comprehensive Chromatography Technology (CCT). The CCT evolved from a technology only used in academic R&D laboratories, into a more robust technology used in many different industrial labs. Comprehensive Chromatography is used in forensics, food and flavor, environmental, metabolomics, biomarkers and clinical applications. And almost daily new applications are being developed in laboratories all over the world. Some of the most well-established research groups in the world that are found in Australia, Italy, Holland, Canada, United States, and Brazil use this analytical technique.