Effect of Pluronic F127 on the pore structure of macrocellular biodegradable polylactide foams

Thermally induced phase separation technique was utilized to fabricate biodegradable poly(l ‐lactic acid) (PLLA) macrocellular foams which were capable of being applied in tissue engineering. The block copolymer Pluronic F127 composed of (polyethyleneoxide)‐(polypropyleneoxide)‐(polyethyleneoxide) [(PEO)‐(PPO)‐(PEO)] was used as a porogen. Water/dioxane mixtures with different volume ratios were used as solvents. The addition of Pluronic F127 could induce an appearance of large pores (50–200 μm) besides small pores (10–20 μm) or a change from a solid–liquid phase separation to a liquid–liquid phase separation. The role of Pluronic F127 depends on the water/dioxane ratios in the PLLA/dioxane/water system. The X‐ray diffraction patterns and porosity measurement results showed that Pluronic F127 was crystallized and existed on the pore wall. The effect of Pluronic F127 on changing pore structure is attributed to the occurrence of the interaction of the lipophilic PPO blocks in Pluronic F127 with PLLA clews, consequently, this results in PLLA aggregation and early phase separation on cooling. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Capillary electrochromatography with a silica column with a dynamically modified cationic surfactant.

A novel mode of capillary electrochromatography (CEC), called dynamically modified silica-capillary electrochromatography, is described in this paper. The column packed with bare silica was dynamically modified with long chain quaternary ammonium salt, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), which was added into the mobile phase. CTAB ions were adsorbed onto the surface of bare silica, and the resulted hydrophobic layer on the silica gel was used as the stationary phase. Using the dynamically modified silica column, neutral solutes were separated by CEC. The highest number of theoretical plates obtained was about 71,500/m and the relative standard deviations for t0 and capacity factor of toluene were 4.7% and 4.9% for 20 consecutive runs, respectively. The separation mechanism of neutral solutes and the influence of mobile phase composition on the separation was investigated. The separation of nitrogen-containing solutes was carried out with this mode and the peak tailing of basic solute was effectively eliminated because the adsorption of basic solute on silica was blocked by the preferred adsorption of CTAB.     

Effects of Blending Bare-Silica and Reversed-Phase on Retention of Neutral Compounds in Capillary Electrochromatography

Most commercially available instruments for capillary electrochromatography (CEC) have a fixed configuration and lack the flexibility to use shorter columns. Applying a blended stationary phase (a phase consisting of a given ratio of bare silica and reversed phase material) can simulate columns of different length in CEC. The goal of this work was to examine the effect of the degree of blending of reversed-phase columns (with bare silica) on the speed of the separation of neutral compounds in CEC. Optimum column packing mixture was determined from the variation of the solute retention factors as a function of the ratios of blending of reversed-phase and bare silica. By adjusting the column composition, solute retention factors and the analysis run time were halved when compared to a pure reversed-phase column of the same length. Stationary phase blending can be considered as an additional parameter to mobile phase variation, column temperature and applied electric field for the optimization of selectivity and analysis time. By adjusting the stationary phase composition, mobile phase composition, column temperature and applied electric field, the analysis run time of neutral components was decreased more than 75% when compared to a separation obtained on neat reversed-phase column of the same dimensions. The linear dependence of the retention factors as a function of the blend ratio (reversed phase/bare silica) offers a framework for designing a “blended” packed capillary column for CEC separations.     

基于L-谷氨酸的手性硅胶球的制备及其应用

无机介孔硅球因其具有足够的机械强度、热稳定性,以及适应多种流动相的优点,成为高效液相色谱(HPLC)柱填料中使用最广泛和最重要的材料.但在此研究领域中,并未见球形的全无机手性硅胶用作HPLC手性固定相.该文以无机球形介孔硅胶作为研究对象,通过堆砌硅珠法,以硅溶胶为原料,L-谷氨酸(L-Glu)为手性源,在手性环境中制造...     

1 μm硅胶颗粒固定相的加压电色谱分离性能

制备了1 μm无孔硅胶颗粒。通过电动填充法得到总长度为45 cm(固定相填充长度为20 cm)、内径为100 μm的毛细管色谱柱。以乙腈-水体系作为流动相,详细考察了碱性化合物在该色谱柱上的加压电色谱(pCEC)分离性能,讨论了流动相比例、缓冲液浓度、pH值及操作电压等因素对分离的影响。实验结果表明,裸硅胶柱在乙腈-水体系分离碱性样品中表现出典型的反相色谱分离性能;缓冲液浓度的改变则对分离影响不大。当pH值改变时,碱性化合物的解离程度发生变化,它们与固定相之间的作用力发生变化,使得分离度发生相应的变化。分离柱效随施加电压的增加而增加,在1 kV电压下,裸硅胶柱对邻甲苯胺的柱效为35000理论塔板/m。     

酯型十八烷基键合硅胶整体柱的制备、表征及性能评价

将硅烷偶联剂γ-(2,3-环氧丙氧)丙基三甲氧基硅烷与十八酸反应,再键合到硅胶整体柱上,得到了酯型十八烷基键合固定相,并用红外光谱、元素分析对其进行了表征。在以甲醇-水为流动相的反相色谱条件下分离了苯、联苯和蒽的混合样品,评价了该整体柱的色谱性能,考察了该整体柱适用的pH范围,以及柱压降、柱效与流速的关系。结果表明,该硅胶整体柱键合效果良好,具有较好的反相色谱性能,且在pH=2～8时稳定性好,柱压降、柱效受流速影响较小,可有效地用于化合物的快速分离分析。     

Selectivity enhancement for the separation of tocopherols and steroids by integration of highly ordered weak interaction sites along the polymer main chain

A novel alternating copolymer-based organic phase was synthesized using a new N-substituted maleimide monomer for the development of alternating copolymer-grafted silica for high-performance liquid chromatographic applications. This new monomer (DGMI) was copolymerized with octadecyl acrylate (ODA) from 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane-grafted silica to produce Sil-poly(ODA-alt-DGMI). The organic phase was characterized by the elemental analysis and the diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. Tocopherol isomers and steroids were used as analytes for the evaluation of the chromatographic selectivity profiles of this novel stationary phase. The selectivity of this column was then compared with a polymeric ODS column and previously developed another alternating copolymer-grafted silica (without the glutamide-derived moiety) column, Sil-poly(ODA-alt-N-octadecylmaleimide). The complete baseline separation of tocopherol isomers in an isocratic mode has been achieved within 25 min with the Sil-poly(ODA-alt-DGMI). The separation of eight kinds of estrogenic steroids and corticoids has also been achieved in an isocratic mode with this column. Significant differences in separation selectivity between Sil-poly(ODA-alt-DGMI) and polymeric ODS columns were observed towards the steroids, and compared with the reference columns, a better separation profile for these analytes was obtained with the Sil-poly(ODA-alt-DGMI). The results of this investigation indicated that the enhancement of selectivity of Sil-poly(ODA-alt-DGMI) towards the test analytes arose from the multiple interaction mechanism such as hydrophobic effect, carbonyl-π and hydrogen-bonding interactions, and such integrated interactions originated from the addition of two amide groups in the N-substituted maleimide monomer.     

含多壁碳纳米管的硅胶整体柱的制备、表征及性能评价

制备了一种新的含多壁碳纳米管的硅胶整体柱,并用扫描电子显微镜和比表面积测试仪对其进行了表征.利用正己烷为流动相,考察了该整体柱的流速与渗透率和流速与柱压降的关系,以及苯取代化合物在该整体柱上的色谱保留行为,并对其在分离过程中的作用机理进行了探讨.     

仿生介孔二氧化硅用于高效液相色谱拆分手性化合物

仿生介孔硅是以有机物作为模板,可有效复刻模板的独特形貌,从而得到其相同或相似结构孔径的介孔硅。本文从仿生的观点出发,从蟹壳中提取得到几丁质膜,将其用作模板制备了仿生手性向列型介孔二氧化硅,并用其制备了液相色谱柱,进行了手性化合物拆分实验。结果表明,该色谱固定相对10个手性化合物有一定的手性分离效果。     

HPLC separation of fullerenes on two charge-transfer stationary phases

Two charge-transfer stationary phases were prepared by immobilizing p-nitrobenzoic acid and naphthyl acetic acid onto silica. The nitrophenyl moiety and the naphthyl moiety were grafted to silica gel through the spacer of aminoalkyl silanes. The HPLC separation of C60, C70, and higher fullerenes on the new stationary phases was also studied. The influence of mobile phase and column temperature on the separation of C60 and C70 was examined, respectively. The retentions of C60 and C70 on the two stationary phases increased with decreasing toluene content in the mobile phase or with increasing column temperature. Higher fullerenes can be separated well using toluene as the mobile phase on the stationary phase of p-nitrobenzoic acid-bonded silica.     

漆酚酯键合硅胶液相色谱固定相的制备与应用

以甲基丙烯酸漆酚酯为色谱配体,制备了一种新型色谱固定相。首先以漆酚和甲基丙烯酰氯为原料制备得到甲基丙烯酸漆酚酯,并通过物理吸附涂覆到由3-（甲基丙烯酰氧）丙基三甲氧基硅烷化学修饰的硅胶上,再通过自由基引发与硅烷化硅胶的双键聚合制得漆酚酯键合硅胶固定相（USP）。对固定相进行傅里叶红外光谱（FT-IR）、热重分析（TGA）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和元素分析（EA）表征,结果表明通过共聚反应成功地将漆酚酯固定在硅烷化硅胶上,且制备出的固定相具有良好的单分散性。采用匀浆法装柱,以乙腈-0.05%磷酸溶液（3：97,v/v）为流动相,流速为0.4 mL/min,检测波长为220 nm,考察固定相对天麻浸膏的分离性能。以乙腈-水（50：50,v/v）为流动相,流速为0.5 mL/min,检测波长为290 nm,考察固定相对吴茱萸浸膏的分离性能。结果表明该固定相对天麻浸膏和吴茱萸浸膏均具有良好的分离性能,从天麻浸膏中分离出5个色谱峰,从吴茱萸浸膏中分离出2个色谱峰。与商品化C₁₈ 柱相比,USP柱可以从天麻浸膏中分离出更多的有效组分并实现基线分离,分离吴茱萸浸膏的色谱条件更为环保和安全。采用低流速对天麻浸膏和吴茱萸浸膏进行分离,减少了流动相的使用量,分离结果令人满意。以天然产物漆酚制备色谱固定相,既为分离纯化天麻素和吴茱萸碱提供了一种新的方法,又为液相色谱固定相制备提供了新的思路,还拓展了生漆在色谱分离材料方面的应用。     

硅胶电色谱分离机理的研究

对硅胶电色谱柱的性能进行了考察,发现在水／有机溶剂流动相条件下,几乎不存在气泡问题,流动相的组成在有机溶剂浓度、电解质浓度、ＰＨ值等方面可以在较大范围变化,选用５种典型样品,对硅胶电色谱的分离机理进行了系统研究,发现有反相分离机理、正相吸附机理、离子交换机理以及电泳机理参与作用。同时考察了有机溶剂浓度、电解质浓度、ＰＨ等对分离的影响。此外,还首次提出了一种全新的电色谱模式－动态改性硅胶电色谱。     

A novel octadecylsilane functionalized graphene oxide/silica composite stationary phase for high performance liquid chromatography

An octadecylsilane functionalized graphene oxide/silica stationary phase was fabricated by assembling graphene oxide onto the silica particles through an amide bond and subsequent immobilization of octadecylsilane. The chromatographic properties of the stationary phase were investigated by reversed-phase chromatography with alkylbenzenes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, amines, and phenolic compounds as the analytes. All the compounds achieved good separation on the column. The comparison between a C18 commercial column and the new stationary phase indicated that the existence of π-electron system of graphene oxide allows π-π interaction between analyte and octadecylsilane functionalized graphene oxide/silica stationary phase except for hydrophobic interaction, while only hydrophobic interaction presented between analyte and C18 commercial column. This suggests that some analytes can be better separated on the octadecylsilane functionalized graphene oxide/silica column.     

Physically adsorbed chiral stationary phase of avidin on monolithic silica column for capillary electrochromatography and capillary liquid chromatography

The physical adsorption method proposed previously has been successfully applied to a monolithic silica column. By virtue of the physical adsorption, a chiral stationary phase of avidin was prepared onto the silica monolith. The phase ratio of resulting stationary phase was evaluated with frontal analysis. The method proved to be comparable in phase ratio to the chemical bonding methods used in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Enantiomer separations were carried out in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) and capillary liquid chromatography (CLC) modes. Due to its larger phase ratio, the resulting column showed more powerful separation capability as compared to open-tubular CEC (OTCEC). Twelve chiral compounds were baseline-resolved. The resulting column showed high separation efficiency, with average theoretical plate numbers of 66 000/m for CLC and 122 000/m for CEC. Good reproducibility was observed, with RSD value less than 1.3% for retention time, retention factor and separation factor, and less than 6.6% for plate counts and resolution (n = 40). Fast separations were achieved with a short column. The test enantiomers were baseline-resolved within 4 min under CLC and CEC modes. In addition, field-enhanced sample injection (FESI) was coupled to CLC as well as CEC to improve the detection sensitivity.     

N-methylimidazolium-functionalized monolithic silica column for mixed-mode chromatography

The development of mixed-mode stationary phase to achieve multiple separation capabilities in one column is very important for high performance liquid chromatography. In this paper, a new specific stationary phase based on grafting N-methylimidazolium to a monolithic silica column was successfully prepared for performing capillary liquid chromatography. The characteristics of the column were evaluated by the separation of different types of compounds including inorganic anions, aromatic acids, nucleotides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylbenzenes, and phenols. The mechanisms for the separation of these compounds were investigated and appeared to involve the mixed interactions including anion-exchange, hydrophilic, π-π, dipole-dipole, and hydrophobic interactions.     

Ground, sieved, and C18 modified monolithic silica particles for packing material of microcolumn high-performance liquid chromatography

We here report a new type of stationary phase for microcolumns. C18 modified silica monolith particles were prepared by grinding and sieving the silica monolith followed by C18 modification and end-capping, and were used as packing material. Ground silica monolith particles were not spherical but irregular with some residual monolithic network structure. The separation efficiency of the stationary phase made of sieved monolith particles (5-10 microm) was better than that of the stationary phase made of unsieved particles. The microcolumn packed with the sieved C18 ground monolith particles (5-10 microm) showed quite good separation efficiency (height equivalent to theoretical plate, HETP, as low as 15 microm) and it was even superior to the microcolumn packed with a commercial spherical 5 microm C18 stationary phase. The column pressure drop of C18 monolith particles was about two-third of that of the commercial spherical C18 phase. The preparation method of C18 stationary phase with ground and sieved silica monolith particles presumably suggests advantages of simplicity and convenience in modification and washing procedures compared to bulk silica monolith. It also showed both improved separation efficiency and low back pressure.     

Monolithic silica columns with chemically bonded tert-butylcarbamoylquinine chiral anion-exchanger selector as a stationary phase for enantiomer separations

An enantioselective silica rod type chiral stationary phase (CSP) is presented as a novel combination of the well-known enantiomer separation properties of immobilized tert-butyl-carbamoylquinine chiral anion-exchanger selector with the unique properties of monolithic silica material. The chromatographic behavior of the tert-butyl-carbamoylquinine silica rod was studied and compared with a similar prepared particulate material. Good selectivities were achieved for a spectrum of chiral test components like N-derivatized amino acids (DNB- Ac-, DNZ-, Bz-, Z-amino acids) and for Suprofen. The influence of mobile phase parameters, as well as the effect of serially coupling up to six 10 cm monolithic silica columns was studied and put in context to conventional columns of particulate 5 microm type CSP. Using that 60 cm long monolithic column it was possible to improve the enantiomer separation of Suprofen and achieve a baseline separation in less than 10 min of total separation time.     

Peptide separation in normal-phase liquid chromatography. Study of selectivity and mobile phase effects on various columns.

An experimental procedure for peptide separation by normal-phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) was proposed in previous papers. In the present study, the chromatographic behavior of amino, cyano, amide, diol and silica columns, which have been used in non-aqueous NPLC, is investigated anew. The amino column was not appropriate for peptide separation because of poor recovery. The cyano column could not be used due to lack of retention. The amide, diol and silica columns were useful for peptide separation. The chromatograms on amide, diol and silica columns were a little different when the mobile phase composition was changed. The recovery of peptides was good: diol > amide > silica. Repeatability and reproducibility using amide, diol and silica columns was satisfactory.     

Capillary electrochromatography without external pressure assistance. Use of packed columns with a monolithic inlet frit

A fused silica capillary column was packed with RP(18) silica stationary phase entrapping the particles between two frits obtained by two different procedures. The inlet frit consisted of a short organic polymer made via a thermopolymerization process while the outlet frit was prepared by sintering the octadecylsilica (ODS) material. The packed column was employed in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) experiments for the separation of three selected test compounds. Retention time and separation efficiency were evaluated. Results were compared with those ones obtained with a packed capillary containing the same stationary phase entrapped between two sinterized frits. The novel packed column exhibited comparable separation efficiency and resolution with the traditional one. However, it allowed experiments without pressure support during the runs with no bubble formation.