Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 19'2011

Issue no. 19 is a special issue on “Enantioseparations” consisting of 19 contributions distributed over 5 distinct parts. “The issue opens with 3 review papers summarizing current developments in this field followed by 4 research papers on separation mechanisms and new chiral selectors, 4 research papers on CE and CE‐MS, 4 research papers on CEC and CEC‐MS and it concludes with 4 research papers on bioanalytical applications of chiral electromigration techniques. Thus,… the issue represents a well‐balanced source of reading for newcomers as well as for experienced researchers in this field.” Featured articles include: Enantioselective capillary electrochromatography: Recent developments and new trends 10.1002/elps.201100009 )) Advances in the enantioseparation of ?‐blocker drugs by capillary electromigration techniques 10.1002/elps.201100153 )) Chiral analysis of amphetamines, methadone and metabolites in biological samples by electrodriven methods 10.1002/elps.201000687 )) Synthesis, analytical characterization and initial capillary electrophoretic use in an acidic background electrolyte of a new, single‐isomer chiral resolving agent: Heptakis(2‐O‐sulfo‐3‐O‐methyl‐6‐O‐acetyl)‐?‐cyclodextrin 10.1002/elps.201100104 )) Enantioselectivity of monolithic silica stationary phases immobilized with different concentrations cellulose tris (3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate), analyzed with different mobile phases in capillary electrochromatography 10.1002/elps.201000637 )) Evaluation of a methacrylate‐bonded cyclodextrins as a monolithic chiral stationary phase for capillary electrochromatography (CEC)‐UV and CEC coupled to mass spectrometry 10.1002/elps.201000647 )) Analysis of chiral amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid samples linked to different stages of Alzheimer disease 10.1002/elps.201100139 ))