Inverse gas chromatography fruitful and credible tool for materials characterization

Review contents the extensive insight into the last 10 years in the history of inverse gas chromatography (IGC). Although this technique seems to be well-known. Every year brings new proposals concerning the procedures enabling the deeper insights in the properties of the surfaces as well as the bulk of various materials. Meetings organized by the universities and commercial groups indicate the growing society of users. Different versions of IGC are most often used in following the changes of materials properties undergoing technological modifications and/or changes caused by the environment in which such material is applied.

The wide group of raw materials, minerals, pharmaceutical components, abrasive articles, cellulosic materials, bacteria biomass, ionic liquids, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as well as various hybrid materials were characterized by IGC. Here it is worth to indicate the properties of dentine and enamel during dental treatment or (on the other side) examination of the influence of various external parameters on the transport of gaseous compounds in different geologic materials. The advantages and challenges that arise during such experiments are presented and discussed.