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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 991, Issue 2, Pages 169-188Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(03)00082-7
Keywords
computational fluid dynamics simulations; mathematical modelling; monolithic columns; band broadening; column packing; flow simulations
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A theoretical calculation of the separation performance of a (hypothetical) micro-structured monolithic LC column is presented, confirming that the polydispersity effect in parallel bundle columns can theoretically be eliminated to a very large extent by radially redistributing the mobile phase fluid at regular intervals. It is demonstrated that the flow can be redistributed in such a way that the advantage coming from the suppression of the polydispersity effect largely exceeds the losses caused by the additional pressure-drop and band broadening. The presently considered micro- structured column would allow to perform N > 100 000 plate separations in a few hundred of seconds, i.e., about an order of magnitude faster than the best possible packed bed and monolithic HPLC columns, while offering the same mass loadability. This clearly demonstrates that the currently available LC columns are still far away from the absolute resolution limit of the ideal, fully optirmsed LC column. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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