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A mixed ionic block copolymer–surfactant pseudo‐stationary phase in micellar electrokinetic chromatography
Author(s) -
Leonard Michael S.,
Khaledi Morteza G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/1615-9314(20021101)25:15/17<1019::aid-jssc1019>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - chemistry , micelle , solvation , sodium dodecyl sulfate , micellar electrokinetic chromatography , hydrogen bond , copolymer , pyrene , chromatography , organic chemistry , polymer , aqueous solution , molecule , electrophoresis
A mixture of a tri‐block copolymer, poly(methyl methacrylate‐ethyl acrylate‐methacrylic acid), commercially known as Elvacite 2669, and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelle was investigated as pseudo‐stationary phase in Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography (MEKC). The properties of the mixed system were characterized using surface tension and conductance experiments, as well as absorbance and fluorescence solvatochromic studies using ET(30) and pyrene as the probes. In this mixed system the SDS has a critical micelle concentration of 2 mM and the fluorescence data indicates that it has a microenvironment similar to SDS alone. Additionally, the solvation properties of the individual and the mixed systems were compared using linear solvation energy relationships (LSER). As compared to the SDS micelles, the mixed pseudo‐phase is a weaker hydrogen bond donor and has stronger polarizability properties. The functional group selectivities in the mixed pseudo phase are different from that in the SDS micelle. The functional group selectivities of non‐hydrogen bonding and hydrogen bonding solutes provide further support for the LSER findings.