Influence of temperature and pressure on the preferential adsorption of component of hydroorganic mobile phase in liquid chromatography

The excess isotherms of methanol and acetonitrile were measured on the series of C18 bonded phases. The measurements were done using the minor disturbance method. The goal of our work was to determine the influence of the temperature on the adsorption of two commonly used solvents. The influence on the mobile phase flow rate on the both organic solvent adsorption was also investigated. The effect of these two parameters was compared on the octadecyl packed columns with different coverage density and on the monolithic Chromolith column. Adsorption of both solvents decreases with the increase of the temperature. The increase of the pressure increases adsorption of methanol but decreases adsorption of acetonitrile.     

Solvent excess adsorption on the stationary phases for reversed-phase liquid chromatography with polar functional groups

The measurement of acetonitrile and methanol adsorption was carried out on stationary phases with specific functionalities. The results were compared with the adsorption of those solvents on alkyl-modified adsorbents. This comparison allows us to describe the effect of polar groups on the adsorption of the organic modifiers. Our results clearly demonstrate how the functional groups modify the chromatographic properties of the homogeneous hydrophobic adsorbents.     

前沿分析法研究对-羟基苯甲酸印迹整体柱的热力学行为

采用矩形前沿分析法对原位聚合的对-羟基苯甲酸印迹整体柱的热力学吸附等温线进行了测定. 印迹整体柱的吸附等温线是分别以乙腈、甲醇、 四氢呋喃和含有体积分数分别为1%, 3%, 5%和7%乙酸的乙腈为流动相以及在以甲醇为流动相时柱温分别为20, 40和50 ℃的条件下测定的. 吸附等温线表明, 印迹整体柱对模板分子的吸附能力比其结构类似物(邻-羟基苯甲酸)的吸附能力强. 用双Langmuir方程对不同条件下得到的实验数据进行拟合, 得到模板分子和邻-羟基苯甲酸在印迹整体柱各种吸附位点上的饱和吸附量和键合常数, 结果表明, 流动相中乙酸含量、有机溶剂的性质和柱温对模板分子容量因子的影响比对邻-羟基苯甲酸的大, 造成印迹聚合物的选择性随条件的变化而发生了明显的改变.     

Interpretation of the excess adsorption isotherms of organic eluent components on the surface of reversed-phase phenyl modified adsorbents

The adsorption of three organic eluent components (acetonitrile, methanol, and tetrahydrofuran) from water were measured on four phenyl-type bonded phases using the minor disturbance method. The thicknesses of organic layer enriched above the phenyl-type bonded ligands were assessed and interpreted. Acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran showed multilayer formation while methanol showed monomolecular adsorption. These results were compared to those obtained on alkyl bonded phases.     

Extension of Tóth Psi function from gas-solid to liquid-solid equilibria and application to reversed-phase liquid chromatography systems

The extension of the Psi function developed by Tóth from equilibria taking place at gas-solid interfaces to those taking place at liquid-solid interfaces was investigated. The results were applied to conventional liquid-solid systems used in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). The adsorbents in these systems are made of porous silica having a hydrophobic solid surface obtained by chemically bonding C(18) alkyl chains to a porous silica gel then endcapping the surface with trimethylsilyl groups. The liquid is an aqueous solution of an organic solvent, most often methanol or acetonitrile. The probe compound used here is phenol. Adsorption data of phenol were measured using the dynamic frontal analysis (FA) method. The excess adsorption of the organic solvent was measured using the minor disturbance (MD) method. Activity coefficients in the bulk were estimated through the UNIFAC group contributions. The results show that the Psi function predicts 90% of the total free energy of immersion, DeltaF, of the solid when the concentration of phenol is moderate (typically less than 10 g/L). At higher concentrations, the nonideal behavior of the bulk liquid phase becomes significant and it may contribute up to about 30% of DeltaF. The high concentration of adsorbed molecules of phenol at the interface decreases the interfacial tension, sigma, by about 18 mN/m, independently of the structure of the adsorbed phase and of the nature of the organic solvent.     

Solvation processes on phenyl‐bonded stationary phases—The influence of polar functional groups

A series of phenyl‐bonded stationary phases with incorporated polar functional groups was subjected to an adsorption investigation. Measurement of acetonitrile and methanol adsorption was obtained using the minor disturbance method. It was observed that adsorption of organic solvent strongly depends on the presence of polar functional groups in the bonded phases that influence the hydrophobicity and polarity of the stationary phase surface. Additionally, relative adsorption of acetonitrile and methanol confirms earlier observations, that the presence of amine and amide groups in the stationary phase changes the relative elution strength of organic solvents. The heterogeneous surface of the stationary phase makes it possible to observe the competitiveness of the water and organic solvent adsorption.     

Molecular adsorption-mediated control over the electrical characteristics of polycrystalline CdTe/CdS solar cells.

The effect of surface treatments on p-CdTe/n-CdS solar cell performance was examined. Adsorption of organic molecules with various magnitudes and directions of the dipole moment on p-CdTe resulted in controlled changes in electron affinity and surface bond bending. Similar adsorption on CdTe in state-of-the-art p-CdTe/n-CdS solar cells changes the cell performance, and we explain this by a combination of increased series resistance and changes in light absorption and in cell photovoltage. While at this stage no improvement in performance has been found with these cell structures, which are the result of years of empirical optimization, the molecular effect on the photovoltage shows that it is possible in this way to control the photovoltaic effect at this junction. Separate optimization may well lead to improvement by inserting a dipole layer near the photovoltaic interface. Our results also show that this is even possible when dipole adsorption is performed on the complete polycrystalline thin-film cell.     

Solvent effects on the retention of oligosaccharides in porous graphitic carbon liquid chromatography

Porous graphitic carbon (PGC) is known as well suited adsorbent for liquid chromatography of carbohydrates. In this work we report on systematic investigations of solvent effects on the retention mechanism of fluorescence labeled malto-oligosaccharides on PGC. The adsorption mechanism was found to depend on the type of organic modifier used in the mobile phase. Positive adsorption enthalpies and entropies, which have already been reported in the literature, were solely produced using acetonitrile. Both alternative solvents (tetrahydrofuran, 2-propanol) yielded in contrast negative enthalpies. As plausible retention mechanism for oligosaccharides on PGC applying acetonitrile as mobile phase component we propose the formation of a dense and highly ordered solvation layer of the PGC surface with the linear acetonitrile molecules. Adsorption of analyte molecules requires a displacement of numerous acetonitrile molecules, which explains the positive enthalpy and entropy values measured. The interplay of enthalpic and entropic contributions to the overall adsorption phenomena results in strongly temperature dependent chromatographic selectivity values.     

The effect of solvation processes on amino acid‐ and peptide‐silica stationary phases

The surface excess adsorption isotherms of water, acetonitrile, and methanol from binary hydro‐organic mobile phases were investigated on nine home‐made stationary phases with chemically bonded amino acids, dipeptides, and tripeptides using the dynamic minor disturbance method. The stationary phases were modified by the following amino acids: glycine, alanine, phenylalanine, leucine, and aspartic acid. We investigated the influence of the type of immobilized amino acids, in particular their different side chains, on the solvent adsorption. The interpretation of solvation phenomena shows significant accumulation of investigated solvents on the adsorbent surface according to their hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties. Moreover, the accumulated amount was dependent on the length and type of amino acid sequences bonded to the silica surface. Stationary phases with bonded amino acids and peptides show stronger water and acetonitrile adsorption in contrast to the stationary phase modified with aminopropyl groups—a support for the synthesis. The comparison of water and acetonitrile adsorption as well as a data obtained with the two‐site adsorption model reveal and confirm the heterogeneity of chemically bonded phases. As a consequence of performed investigations, the classification of tested stationary phases for the potential usage in particular high‐performance liquid chromatography mode was also accomplished.     

Adsorption of mycotoxins by organozeolites

Adsorption of zearalenone (ZEN), ochratoxin A (OCHRA) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on natural zeolite, clinoptilolite, modified with different amounts of octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium (ODMBA) ions was investigated. Results showed that adsorption of hydrophobic ionizable ZEN on unmodified zeolite tuff was very low and that adsorption on organozeolites increased with increasing hydrophobicity of the zeolitic surface. The adsorption was independent of the form of ZEN in solution and the solution pH, indicating that hydrophobic interactions with ODMBA are responsible for ZEN adsorption. Adsorption of low polar ionizable OCHRA on organozeolites also increased with increasing hydrophobicity of the zeolitic surface, however, OCHRA showed moderate adsorption on unmodified zeolitic tuff at pH 3. OCHRA adsorption on unmodified zeolite as well as on lower surface coverage of organozeolite was dependent on the form of OCHRA in solution; there was a decrease of adsorption at high pH, where OCHRA is in the anionic form. It indicated that at acidic pH, low surface coverage allows some combination of hydrophobic interaction with ODMBA and interactions with the surface of the zeolite. At higher surface coverage, the OCHRA adsorption was higher and practically independent of pH, indicating that the hydrophobic interactions of OCHRA with ODMBA are responsible for its adsorption. Nonionizable low polar AFB1 had a high affinity for the unmodified zeolitic tuff and the adsorption of AFB1 was greatly reduced for organozeolites, indicating that AFB1 does not have high tendency for hydrophobic interactions with ODMBA. pH dependence of AFB1 adsorption, while AFB1 has the same form at all pHs, demonstrated that the surface modification of the zeolite depends on pH and that these modifications have influence on its adsorption. The calculated dipole moments of neutral mycotoxin molecules: AFB1-9.5D, OCHRA-6.9D and ZEN-2.2D are in qualitative agreement with adsorption experimental data.     

Effect of the endcapping of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography adsorbents on the adsorption isotherm

The retention mechanisms of n-propylbenzoate, 4-t ert-butylphenol, and caffeine on the endcapped Symmetry-C(18) and the non-endcapped Resolve-C(18) are compared. The adsorption isotherms were measured by frontal analysis (FA), using as the mobile phase mixtures of methanol or acetonitrile and water of various compositions. The isotherm data were modeled and the adsorption energy distributions calculated. The surface heterogeneity increases faster with decreasing methanol concentration on the non-endcapped than on the endcapped adsorbent. For instance, for methanol concentrations exceeding 30% (v/v), the adsorption of caffeine is accounted for by assuming three and two different types of adsorption sites on Resolve-C(18) and Symmetry-C(18), respectively. This is explained by the effect of the mobile phase composition on the structure of the C(18)-bonded layer. The bare surface of bonded silica appears more accessible to solute molecules at high water contents in the mobile phase. On the other hand, replacing methanol by a stronger organic modifier like acetonitrile dampens the differences between non-endcapped and endcapped stationary phase and decreases the degree of surface heterogeneity of the adsorbent. For instance, at acetonitrile concentrations exceeding 20%, the surface appears nearly homogeneous for the adsorption of caffeine.     

Adsorption Characteristics in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Using Ethanol/Water Mixed Solvent

Adsorption characteristics were studied in a reversed-phase liquid chromatography consisting of an octadecylsilyl (ODS)-silica gel and ethanol/water mixture (70/30, v/v), and were compared with corresponding results obtained by using methanol/water and acetonitrile/water mixtures (70/30, v/v) as mobile phase. Similar tendencies were observed for some adsorption characteristics in the three chromatographic systems. However, the magnitude of the characteristics was not entirely identical in the three systems. Surface diffusion was dominant for intraparticle diffusion in the ODS-silica gel particles irrespective of the type of the organic modifiers in mobile phases. A few correlations were confirmed with regard to surface diffusion, i.e., an enthalpy-entropy compensation and a linear free-energy relation. The analogous correlations on surface diffusion phenomena suggest the similarity in the mechanism of surface diffusion in the three chromatographic systems.     

Correlation between surface and bulk structures of alcohol-water mixtures

Adsorption isotherms of binary aqueous solutions of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, tert-butanol, and 1-butanol are demonstrated, being calculated by using the Gibbs adsorption equation with experimental data of surface tension and vapor pressure found in the literature. For all of the alcohol-water mixtures, the maximum value in the adsorption isotherm, namely, the maximum surface excess is about that expected for the formation of a monolayer. Furthermore, the composition of the mixture for the maximum surface excess coincides with that corresponding to the minimum in the excess partial molar volume of the solutes. These results indicate that the hydrophobic hydration in bulk induces the surface excess of the alcohols and after a monolayer is formed, the hydrophobic hydration itself is no longer retained.     

Excess Adsorption of Organic Eluent Components from Mobile Phases Containing Electrolytes

The excess adsorption isotherms of organic eluent components from solutions containing electrolytes on a C18-bonded stationary phase are investigated by frontal analysis in staircase mode. The excess adsorption of acetonitrile increases when NaHSO₄, NaH₂PO₄, NaCl, or NaOAc is added to the eluent, but decreases upon addition of NaBr or NaClO₄. The excess adsorption of acetonitrile increases in the order of NaCl, NaHSO₄, NaH₂PO₄?>?NaOAc?>?NaBr, NaClO₄. On the other hand, the effect of electrolyte addition on the excess adsorption of methanol is not significant. The effect of electrolytes on the retention of alkylbenzenes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography is discussed on the basis of the excess adsorption of organic eluent components. The retention of alkylbenzenes shows negative correlation with the excess adsorption of acetonitrile. This indicates that the acetonitrile layer on the stationary phase does not act as a part of the stationary phase. A developed acetonitrile layer reduces the retention of alkylbenzenes by the competitive adsorption at the interface between the organic layer and the stationary phase.     

Determination of pharmaceutically related compounds by suppressed ion chromatography: I. Effects of organic solvent on suppressor performance

This overall study aims to investigate gradient elution ion-exchange chromatography of pharmaceutically relevant compounds using universal nebulisation detectors, such as evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD). Addition of organic solvents to the eluent is necessary to minimise hydrophobic adsorption on the polymeric stationary phase and improve solubility of analytes. It is also necessary to de-salt the eluent prior to detection, and in this work, ion chromatography suppressors were used for this step. Such suppressors have been designed for aqueous eluents, so the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of methanol and acetonitrile on suppressor performance. Chemical and electrolytic suppressors were evaluated for baseline drift, noise and efficiency of suppression using aqueous/organic eluents containing up to 40% (v/v) methanol or acetonitrile. Chemical suppression of aqueous/organic eluents showed minimal noise levels, uniform low baseline and low gradient drift. Electrolytic suppression gave good performance, but with higher baseline conductivity levels and baseline drift than chemical suppression. The elevated baseline was found not to be caused by incomplete suppression of the eluent, but was attributed to chemical reactions involving the organic solvents and facilitated by high electric currents and heat generation. It was demonstrated that suppressed ion-exchange separation using a complex KOH elution profile could be coupled with ELSD, with the suppressor effectively de-salting the eluent, producing a stable baseline. Finally, complementary separation selectivity was demonstrated using a set of pharmaceutically related organic acids separated by reversed-phase and ion-exchange methods.     

STUDY OF THE ADSORPTION OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN ON REVERSED-PHASE SUPPORTS.

This work examines the adsorption of Human Serum Albumin (HSA) on a Reversed-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (RPLC) support. The adsorption experiments were performed by frontal analysis. Adsorption isotherms were determined in pure buffer and in the presence of acetonitrile. Saturation is always reached, even at the lower protein concentrations. In view of the pore size of the particles (80 Å), it is assumed that HSA is adsorbed on the external surface of silica

In presence of acetonitrile, a variability in the amount of HSA adsorbed is found showing a maximum at 25% of acetonitrile. Slower adsorption kinetics are observed when the concentration of the organic modifier in the eluent is increased. The reversibility of HSA binding to the surface was investigated by desorbing the protein with 40% acetonitrile. The amount of HSA irreversibly adsorbed depends upon the experimental conditions used during the adsorption step. It is at a maximum when HSA is adsorbed with 25% acetonitrile. As the temperature is raised and only in the presence of acetonitrile, an important increase of the amount of HSA irreversibly adsorbed is observed.     

Peculiarities of Adsorption of Some Polar Substances from Vapor Phase on a Microporous Clay Adsorbent

The adsorption of polar organic substances (methanol, pyridine, and acetonitrile) and water was studied from the vapor phase on microporous adsorbent prepared by the substitution of polyhydroxyaluminum ions for the sodium ions of natural montmorillonite clay. The differential isosteric heats of adsorption of these substances were calculated and analyzed in a wide range of fillings.     

Adsorption behavior of hexafluorophosphate on selected bonded phases

The adsorption behavior of ammonium hexafluorophosphate was studied on four HPLC columns packed with adsorbents of different ability for dispersive interactions using frontal chromatography with LC/MS detection in negative ESI mode. Hexafluorophosphate (PF(6)(-)) adsorption isotherms were measured from acetonitrile/water and methanol/water mixtures. Increased PF(6)(-) adsorption with increased acetonitrile content was found between 0 and 15% of acetonitrile in the eluent. Further increase of the acetonitrile concentration leads to an exponential decrease of PF(6)(-) adsorption. Methanol, on the other hand, causes a steady decrease of PF(6)(-) adsorption with increased organic concentration in the mobile phase.     

Adsorption of microcystin-Lr onto iron oxide nanoparticles

In this study, the adsorption of microcystin-LR onto iron oxide (maghemite) nanoparticles from water was examined. Factors influencing the sorption behavior included microcystin and maghemite concentration, pH, ionic strength, and the presence of natural organic matter. Adsorption of microcystin-LR was strongly affected by pH. The adsorption increased with decreasing pH, with a maximum adsorption around pH 3. Adsorption of microcystin-LR on maghemite was primarily attributed to electrostatic interactions, although hydrophobic interactions may also play a role. The extent of microcystin-LR adsorption onto maghemite increased with increasing ionic strength at pH 6.4, since salt ions screened the electrostatic repulsion between adsorbed microcystin molecules. Adsorption of microcystin-LR was not significantly affected by the presence of Suwannee River Fulvic acid (SRFA) below 2.5 mg/L. However, adsorption decreased at higher SRFA concentrations (2.5–25 mg/L) due to competitive adsorption between SRFA and microcystin-LR for limited sorption sites.     

Combining Chemometric Models with Adsorption Isotherm Measurements to Study Omeprazole in RP-LC

The adsorption of the proton-pump inhibitor omeprazole was investigated using RP-LC with chemometric models combined with adsorption isotherm modelling to study the effect of pH and type of organic modifier (i.e., acetonitrile or methanol). The chemometric approach revealed that omeprazole was tailing with methanol and fronting with acetonitrile along with increased fronting at higher pH. The increased fronting with higher pH for acetonitrile was explored using a pH-dependent adsorption isotherm model that was determined using the inverse method and it agreed well with the experimental data. The model indicated that the peaks exhibit more fronting at high pH due to a larger fraction of charged omeprazole molecules. This model could accurately predict the shape of elution profiles at arbitrary pH levels in the studied interval. Using a two-layer adsorption isotherm model, the difference between acetonitrile and methanol was studied at the lowest pH at which almost all omeprazole molecules are neutral. Omeprazole had adsorbate–adsorbate interactions that were similar in strength for the acetonitrile and methanol mobile phases, while the solute–adsorbent interactions were almost twice as strong with methanol. The difference in the relative strengths of these two interactions likely explains the different peak asymmetries (i.e., tailing/fronting) in methanol and acetonitrile. In conclusion, thermodynamic modelling can complement chemometric modeling in HPLC method development and increase the understanding of the separation.