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Development of acrylate‐based monolithic stationary phases for electrochromatographic separations
Author(s) -
Barrioulet MariePierre,
DelaunayBertoncini Nathalie,
Demesmay Claire,
Rocca JeanLouis
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200500251
Subject(s) - acrylate , ternary operation , solvent , polymerization , selectivity , materials science , methacrylate , methyl methacrylate , irradiation , chemical engineering , ionic strength , phase (matter) , methanol , stationary phase , chemistry , copolymer , polymer , chromatography , catalysis , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , aqueous solution , computer science , nuclear physics , engineering , programming language
Abstract Organic monolithic stationary phases were synthesized in fused‐silica capillaries. They were prepared by in situ polymerization under UV irradiation of various alkyl acrylates, 1,3‐butanediol diacrylate, and 2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl‐1‐propanesulfonic acid in a ternary porogenic solvent. The resulting stationary phases were tested in CEC. The influence of UV irradiation energy on the resulting separative performances of the monoliths was studied. It was thus demonstrated that the use of hexyl acrylate rather than butyl acrylate and lauryl methacrylate gives highly efficient monoliths (more than 300 000 plates per meter) with optimized EOF. It was also confirmed that the mobile phase ionic strength may affect significantly the separation efficiency. The influence of the nature of the mobile phase organic modifier (ACN or methanol) on EOF, retention, efficiency, and selectivity was studied and differences were observed. Finally, the performances of monolithic stationary phases developed and optimized for CEC separations were evaluated in nanoLC.