Although TLC plates can easily be cut with a glass cutter, and plastic and aluminium sheets can be cut with a pair of scissors, care does need to taken to avoid damage to the chromatographic layer. A ...

Let the plate cool in the vacuum oven until it reaches room temperature. Place plates in a desiccator if not being used right away to preserve Cutting TLC plates allows users to run any size sample ...

Before the advent of commercial pre-coated TLC plates, layers of silica gel and of other sorbents (e.g. cellulose or aluminium oxide) had to be prepared in advance of separation procedures. A typical ...