Advanced Detectors: Is FFF Ready for Decision-Making?

Name: Is FFF Ready for Decision-Making?
Uploaded: 2026-07-07T09:30:00Z
Duration: 7 min 5 s
Description: Experts assess whether coupling with detectors such as MALS, Raman, and ICP-MS has elevated FFF from exploratory research to a decision-making tool.

Author(s)Lars Nilsson, Susanne Boye, Valentina Marassi

Experts assess whether coupling with detectors such as MALS, Raman, and ICP-MS has elevated FFF from exploratory research to a decision-making tool.

Field-flow fractionation (FFF) has come a long way since its origins in the late 1960s. Once reliant on hand-built channels and lab-customized components, the technique has matured into a commercially available, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-compatible analytical platform, and its community of practitioners is growing with it. In this panel discussion, four leading FFF experts share their perspectives on where the technique stands today and where it is headed.