“…The first system, in order of time, was applied to the headspace analysis of volatile organic compounds contained in water [8]. In 2004, an entirely automated LC6GC system, developed after an offline LC6GC feasibility study [9], was exploited in lipid analysis [5]; the instrument was operated using stop-flow conditions, and combined with a TOF MS. A dual side-port syringe and a six-port switching valve were tested as interfaces, both providing a good performance. In a further LC6GC-TOF experiment, using the syringe transfer device, a diesel oil was subjected to analysis [10]: normal-phase LC was used as first dimension, while an apolar 30 m60.25 id capillary was employed in the second dimension; LC fractions of 80 lL, corresponding to a 6 s bandwidth, were transferred to the GC dimension.…”