Martin, Archer John Porter

1910– British biochemist, pioneer of partition chromatography.

Keywords: paper chromatography; R. L. M. Synge; liquid–liquid chromatography; gas–liquid chromatography

 Further Reading
    Martin AJP and Synge RLM (1941) A new form of chromatogram employing two liquid phases: 1. A theory of chromatography, 2. Application to the micro-determination of the higher monoamino-acids in proteins. Biochemical Journal 35: 1358–1368.
    James AT and Martin AJP (1952) Gas–liquid partition chromatography: the separation and micro-estimation of volatile fatty acids from formic acid to dodecanoic acid. Biochemical Journal 50: 679–690.
    book Laitinen HA and Ewing GW (eds) (1977) A History of Analytical Chemistry, chap. V, pp. 296–321. Washington, DC: Analytical Division of the American Chemistry Society.
    book Martin AJP (1964) The development of partition chromatography. Nobel Lectures: Chemistry, 1942–1962, pp. 359–371. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
    book Campbell WA and Greenwood NN (eds) (1971) Contemporary British Chemists. London: Taylor and Francis.
    book Shetty PH (1993) "Archer John Porter Martin". In: James LK (ed.), Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 352–355. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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Coley, Noel G(Apr 2001) Martin, Archer John Porter. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002871]