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Incorporation of carbon nanotubes in porous polymer monolithic capillary columns to enhance the chromatographic separation of small molecules

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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1218, Issue 18, Pages 2546-2552

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DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.02.055

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Porous polymer monolith; Carbon nanotubes; Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate); Reversed phase chromatography; Small molecules

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  1. National Institute of Health [GM48364]
  2. Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]

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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes have been entrapped in monolithic poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) capillary columns to afford stationary phases with enhanced liquid chromatographic performance for small molecules in the reversed phase. While the column with no nanotubes exhibited an efficiency of only 1800 plates/m, addition of a small amount of nanotubes to the polymerization mixture increased the efficiency to over 15,000 and 35,000 plates/m at flow rates of 1 and 0.15 mu L/min, respectively. Alternatively, the native glycidyl methacrylate-based monolith was functionalized with ammonia and, then, shortened carbon nanotubes, bearing carboxyl functionalities, were attached to the pore surface through the aid of electrostatic interactions with the amine functionalities. Reducing the pore size of the monolith enhanced the column efficiency for the retained analyte, benzene. to 30,000 plates/m at a flow rate of 0.25 mu L/min. Addition of tetrahydrofuran to the typical aqueous acetonitrile eluents improved the peak shape and increased the column efficiency to 44,000 plates/m calculated for the retained benzene peak. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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