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Separation of Parent Homopolymers from Diblock Copolymers by Liquid Chromatography under Limiting Conditions of Desorption, 2 ‐ Optimization of Experimental Arrangement
Author(s) -
Berek Dušan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.200800262
Subject(s) - copolymer , desorption , limiting , macromolecule , materials science , monomer , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , chromatography , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , adsorption , composite material , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , engineering
The experimental arrangement for liquid chromatography under limiting conditions of desorption was optimized, aiming at separation of the parent homopolymers from diblock copolymers. Measurements with the block copolymer PS‐ b ‐PMMA have confirmed that the method enables fast and efficient separation of both parent homopolymers PS and PMMA from the copolymers in a single run. The new experimental set‐up also allows the separation of potentially present low molecular or oligomeric admixtures from the polymeric constituents of sample. The peak broadening of the non‐retained macromolecules has been suppressed. The sample recovery is high and can be easily checked by the injection of a large volume of an appropriate displacer.