Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1169, Issue 1-2, Pages 139-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.09.005
Keywords
peak capacity; biopolymers; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; Van Deemter; gradient theory
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Reversed-phase ultra-performance liquid chromatography was used for biopolymer separations in isocratic and gradient mode. The gradient elution mode was employed to estimate the optimal mobile phase flow rate to obtain the best column efficiency and the peak capacity for three classes of analytes: peptides, oligonucleotides and proteins. The results indicate that the flow rate of the Van Deemter optimum for 2.1 mm I.D. columns packed with a porous 1.7 mu m C-18 sorbent is below 0.2 mL/min for our analytes. However, the maximum peak capacity is achieved at flow rates between 0.15 and 1.0 mL/min, depending on the molecular weight of the analyte. The isocratic separation mode was utilized to measure the dependence of the retention factor on the mobile phase composition. Constants derived from isocratic experiments were utilized in a mathematical model based on gradient theory. Column peak capacity was predicted as a function of flow rate, gradient slope and column length. Predicted peak capacity trends were compared to experimental results. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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