Development of New Flow Analytical System –As Center on Porphyrin and Autocatalytic Reaction–

Review

Abstract

In this review, the flow analyses reported up to the present using the unique functions (e.g., spectroscopic characteristics, complex formation, photo-decomposition reaction, etc.) of porphyrin compound, were summarized and discussed. Moreover, the catalytic reaction and the autocatalytic reaction which has “infinite” (in other words, it is “constant”) sensitivity, were theoretically explained from view point of the usefulness in the field of analytical chemistry. Based on these facts, the length-detection flow analytical system and its application to micro-device were especially described as a new flow method.