Die 4. Auflage dieses Handbuchs wurde komplett aktualisiert, überarbeitet und in vielen Teilen um die neuesten Entwicklungen in dem Fachgebiet erweitert. Dieses Werk präsentiert die Grundlagen, Geräte, Ausrüstung und Anwendungen und stellt nach wie vor das Standardwerk in diesem Bereich dar.

Joachim Weiss studied chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany), where he also received his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry. In 2002, he did his habilitation in Analytical Chemistry at the Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck (Austria), where he is also teaching liquid chromatography. Since 1982, Dr. Weiss has worked at Dionex (now being part of Thermo Fisher Scientific), where he currently holds the position of Technical Director for Dionex Products within the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division (CMD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific, located in Dreieich (Germany).