14 Theoretical Background
2D as detector
2D-LC User Guide 372
Figure 175 Principle of 2D-LC (example for LCxLC): Effluent of first column (1) is sampled (2) and
injected to second column (3). Peaks of second column separation are detected and
reconstructed.
1st peak from
1st dimension
3rd peak from
1st dimension
First dimension
Second dimension
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(3)
Peak reconstruction
(software based)
Visualization
2nd peak from
1st dimension
(1) First dimension separation
(2) Sampling of the first dimension
(3) Second dimension separation