Increasing interest in topics related to health and quality of life in recent years has led to a growing need in food, environmental and bioanalytical research for high-throughput separation techniques able to cope with the qualitative/quantitative determination of a large number of compounds in very complex matrices. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a well-established separation technique widely employed in many fields. The versatility of chromatographic separation modes, coupled with low-resolution and high-resolution mass spectrometry, makes HPLC among the best options to solve emerging analytical problems.This book provides an overview of new advances in high-performance liquid chromatography and its applications in different fields. The first of the book's two sections is devoted to principles and new advances in HPLC. In Chapter 1, "Principles and Applications of Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography", Ahmed et al. describe the fundamentals of UHPLC techniques (solvent delivery systems, columns, sample injection, and detection), and review the role of UHPLC in different fields such as the analysis of herbal medicines, drugs in human plasma, pharmacokinetics and bioavailability studies, identification of metabolites (metabolomics), detection of impurities, analysis of dosage formulations, food safety and agricultural applications.The higher separation capacity of 2D-LC techniques can be especially useful. A commercial application, the TurboFlow technology developed by Thermo Fisher Scientific, may enable the direct introduction of biological samples into an online automated extraction system without any pre-treatment. In Chapter 2, "Turbulent Flow Chromatography: A Unique Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography", Di Gaudio et al. explain the principles of turbulent flow chromatography, the different column chemistries available, the hardware employed, how to operate in multichannel systems, and how to develop a focus mode method to implement this technique. They also describe successful applications of the turbulent flow technique in different fields, including therapeutic drug monitoring and environmental analysis, and applied to different matrices such as urine, plasma, food commodities and water.Monolithic media are excellent substitutes for conventional particle-packed columns. This is because monolithic columns show higher permeability and lower flow resistance than conventional liquid chromatography columns, providing high-throughput performance, resolution and separation in short run times. In Chapter 3, "Monoliths Media: Stationary Phases and Nanoparticles", Hernawy et al. address the general characteristics and properties of monolithic materials, the separation mechanism involved, and the different types of monoliths: organic polymer, silica and metal. Applications of monolithic materials in LC separations and nanoparticle-based monoliths are also described.In Chapter 4, "Perspective Chapter: High-performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry -The Advance in Che...