Original PaperComparison of two capillary electrophoresis online stacking modes by analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates Naphthalene, fluorene, pyrene, anthracene, phenanthrene, and chrysene were successfully separated by CD-modified MEKC (CD-MEKC) using 20 mM borate (pH 9.0) containing 90 mM SDS and 75 mM b-CD. Two online stacking methods, i. e., sweeping and field-enhanced sample injection (FESI), were explored to enhance the detection sensitivity. The influences of some crucial parameters in sweeping and FESI procedures were investigated. For FESI method, a plug of water and low-conductivity sample matrix was used to increase the stacking efficiency. Compared with the sweeping method, FESI can increase the sensitivity in the range of 10 -20-fold. The proposed method was used for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates.