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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 946, Issue 1-2, Pages 99-106Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(01)01570-9
Keywords
monolithic columns; stationary phases, LC; methacrylate
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Monolithic capillary columns (320 mum I.D.) were prepared for capillary liquid chromatography (CLC) by radical polymerization of butylmethacrylate (BMA) and ethylenedimethacrylate (EDMA) in the presence of a porogen solvent containing propan-1-ol, butane-1,4-diol and water. The influence of the contents of the porogen solvent and EDMA in the polymerization mixture on the monolith porosity and column efficiency was investigated. The composition of the polymerization mixture was optimized to attain a minimum HETP of the order of tens of pm for test compounds with various polarities. The separation performance and selectivity of the most efficient monolithic column prepared was characterized by van Deemter curves, peak asymmetry factors and Walters hydrophobicity and silanol indices. It was demonstrated that the 320-mum I.D. monolithic column exhibited CLC separation performance similar to that observed for 100- and 150-mum I.D. monolithic columns reported in the literature; moreover, the 320-mum I.D. column was easier to operate in CLC and exhibited a higher sample loadability. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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