Vladimir Tswett (Vladimir Tswett)

Vladimir Tswett was a Russian scientist who pioneered the field of chromatography, a technique for separating mixtures to analyze their components. In the early 1900s, he developed a method using glass columns filled with a material called a solid phase, through which liquids or gases could be passed. Different substances moved at different speeds, allowing their identification and separation. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern chromatography, vital in chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine for analyzing complex mixtures like blood, drugs, and environmental samples.