Leslie S. Ettre

Leslie Ettre discusses the factors that led to the invention and development of the flame ionization detector for GC.

This installment surveys the evolution of thin-layer chromatography...

Ettre discusses the celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the beginning of the universal application of GC and the investigation of complex samples and natural substances.

Leslie Ettre outlines the transition from metal tubes to glass and finally to fused-silica tubing and discusses improvements in stationary-phase technology. He also mentions some trends for further improvement of capillary column GC.

This column discusses the activities of a Russian pioneer of GC and outlines the principles of some of the techniques he developed.

This installment of "Milestones in Chromatography" looks at two major international meetings held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Seattle, Washington, that were pivotal in the early development of HPLC.

This report describes five small and very useful accessories developed 40 years ago to adapt gas chromatographs for special tasks.

This report summarizes activities performed during and after World War II at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Iowa State University aimed at the separation of rare earths by ion-exchange chromatography on laboratory, pilot-plant, and industrial scales.