Next Generation Capillary Electrophoresis System Featuring 10x Superior Sensitivity

Agilent Technologies (USA) introduced its next generation Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) system, providing at least 10 times more sensitivity than any other commercial CE instrument.

“We consider electrophoresis to be one of our core technologies and are seeing strong interest in CE in a number of areas, such as new biological drug QA/QC, environmental analysis, food safety and life sciences,” said Nitin Sood, General Manager of Agilent’s Electrophoresis business. “Used in standalone mode, as the separations component of a CE/MS or as a complementary, orthogonal technology to LC, Agilent’s new 7100 CE system brings unprecedented HPLC-like sensitivity to a wide range of analytical challenges.”   CE is also attracting attention because the technique uses very small amounts of solvent. The new 7100 system also requires 25 percent less bench space, weighs 30 percent less than its predecessor and uses less power.   The superior sensitivity is a result of a new detector used in combination with proprietary extended light path capillaries or a high-sensitivity cell. The Agilent 7100 is 10-20 times more sensitive than other CE instruments.