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LIM Lee Wah
Title

Professor

Department Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science
Course Biomolecular Science Course

Research fields

We are doing research in a field called "Analytical Chemistry".
"Determination of GABA (a form of amino acid) in brown rice" and "Determination of trace inorganic ions in seawater samples" are examples of research topics that are normally seen in the field of analytical chemistry. In addition, developing of new analytical techniques for detecting or measuring samples that are undetectable or immeasurable is also part of analytical chemistry.

In our laboratory, our research is mainly related to
"liquid chromatography" (which is one of the most popular analytical techniques widely used in any laboratory nowadays), in which our research target is focused on developing high resolution and environmental-friendly capillary liquid chromatographic systems. Currently, we are putting most of our efforts in developing new materials for the separation columns (or stationary phases), which is also the "heart" of any liquid chromatographs.

The followings are some of our recent research topics:
*Development of nucleotide-bonded stationary phases for capillary liquid chromatography
*Development of zwitterionic stationary phases by utilizing amino functionalized groups
*Rapid fabrication of ion-exchange monolithic stationary phases via one-pot reaction
* Development of PEG organic polymer monolithic stationary phase


Our laboratory has multi-nationalities members, and therefore we do not only speak Japanese, other languages such English, Indonesian, Malaysian, or Chinese (Mandarin) are also used.

Research Keywords

Analytical chemistry

Capillary liquid chromatography

Monolithic stationary phases

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