Kinjal Bhatt and Ina Varfaj call AI a chromatography equalizer only if training and access keep pace, framing the risk as implementation, not technology.
News|Articles|September 14, 2026
SFC: Perception, Cost, and the Path Beyond HPLC
Author(s)Tom DePhillipo, Kate Jones
Perception, not technology, remains the biggest barrier to supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) adoption, says JASCO's Tom DePhillipo.
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What are the biggest misconceptions labs still have about supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) that keep them from adopting it?
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