Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 1180-1188Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700809
Keywords
capillary electrophoresis; electrokinetic chromatography; pseudostationary phase; surfactant; thermodynamic
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The effect of the phase ratio on the electrophoretic and chromatographic properties of uni-lamellar vesicles comprised of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium octyl. sulfate (SOS) was investigated in EKC. The surfactant concentration of the vesicles was 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, and 1.8% w/v, with a mole ratio of 1:3.66 (CTAB/SOS). Results were compared to those obtained using SDS micelles at concentrations of 1.0% (w/v, 35 mM) and 1.5% (52 mM). The CTAB/SOS vesicles (0.9-1.8% w/v) provided a significantly larger elution range (5.7 <= t(ves)/t(0) <= 8.7) and greater hydrophobic (methylene) selectivity (2.8 <= alpha(CH2) <= 3.1) than SDS micelles (3.1 <= t(mc)/t(0) <= 3.3; alpha(CH2) = 2.2). Whereas the larger elution range can be attributed to the 25% reduction in EOF due to the interaction of unaggregated CTAB cations and the negatively charged capillary wall, the higher methylene selectivity is likely due to the lower concentration of water expected in the CTAB/SOS vesicle bilayer compared to the Palisades layer of SDS micelles. For a given phase ratio, CTAB/SOS vesicles are somewhat less retentive than SDS micelles, although retention factors comparable to those observed in 1.0-1.5% SDS can be obtained with 1.5-1.8% CTAB/SOS. A linear relationship was observed between phase ratio and retention factor, confirming the validity of the phase ratio model for these vesicles. Unique polar group selectivities and positional isomer shape selectivities were obtained with CTAB/SOS vesicles, with both types of selectivities being nearly independent of the phase ratio. For four sets of positional isomers, the elution order was always para < ortho < meta. Finally, the thermodynamics of solute retention was qualitatively similar to that reported for other surfactant aggregates (micelles and microemulsions); the enthalpic contribution to retention was consistently favorable for all compounds, whereas the entropic contribution was favorable only to hydrophobic solutes.
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