Polymer-Gel Interactions in GPC with Organic Eluents

Abstract

The displacement of hydrodynamic volume universal calibration curves to high retention volumes for some polymer-solvent systems is explained in terms of a network-limited separation consisting of a steric exclusion mechanism and a second mechanism resulting from polymer-gel interactions. This treatment is consistent with a thermodynamic interpretation of GPC separations in which the distribution coefficient (≥ 1.0) for polymer-gel interactions is determined by an enthalpy change for polymer partition or polymer adsorption in the porous packing. Examples of the application of the network-limited treatment to experimental data obtained with crosslinked polystyrene gels and inorganic packings are presented. Network-limited separations in which the distribution coefficient for polymergel interactions is less than unity correspond to partial exclusion by polymer incompatibility with the gel. Experimental data for the early elution of poly(vinyl acetate) are consistent with an incompatibility mechanism, giving a dependence of the distribution coefficient for polymer-gel interactions on the molecular weight of poly(vinyl acetate).     

Colouring mechanism of dyed KDP crystal by quantum chemistry

Dye adsorption mechanism, in particular, colouring mechanism of KDP (KH₂PO₄) crystal was investigated by quantum chemistry in this study. Phenomena, such as different preferentially coloured faces of KDP when co-crystallised with different dyes, are explained by the minimum and maximum values of electrostatic potential (ESP). Furthermore, it is found that the ESP distribution of a dye molecule may not necessarily be the single mechanism affecting the dye adsorption in a crystal structure; and that the degree of protonation, crystal surface condition, steric exclusion of dye and the orientation of dye molecules situating on the crystal surface may as well be important factors for the dye adsorption.     

Experimental Study of Model Bonded Stationary Phases for Liquid Chromatography I. Silica/Polyethyleneoxide

Abstract

Model bonded phases have been prepared by reaction of polyethyleneoxide of various molecular weights (200 < M < 5.10⁶) on silica.

The retention behavior of solutes on these bonded stationary phases for liquid chromatography depends on silica loadings, grafted molecule length, solute size and solvent nature. Different mechanisms such as dissolution effect in the grafted phase, adsorption on mineral support and steric exclusion due to the residual porosity of silica, are involved in the observed separations. An expression of elution volumes in relation with these mechanisms is proposed.

Chromatographic data and thermodynamic predictions are in good agreement.     

烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚在不同液相色谱分离模式中的分离研究

考察了烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚在反相色谱、正相键合色谱、硅胶吸附色谱、体积排阻色谱4种不同液相色谱分离模式中的分离效果,分别采用Kromasil C_(18)(250 mm× 4.6 mm,5 μm)、Agilent ZORBAX NH2(250 mm× 4.6 mm,5 μm)、Waters Spherisorb S3W(150 mm×2.0 mm,3 μm)和Shodex MSpak GF-310 2D(150 mm×2.0 mm,5 μm)色谱柱,以225 nm为紫外检测波长,对不同液相色谱分离模式的流动相组成、梯度洗脱条件、柱温、流速等进行了优化,并对烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚在不同液相色谱分离模式中的保留机理进行了初步探讨.结果表明,正相键合色谱实现了烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚的最佳分离;硅胶吸附色谱和体积排阻色谱的分离效果较正相键合色谱稍差.     

Chromatography of proteins and viruses on macroporous silica modified with carbohydrates

Summary The adsorption and the chromatography of proteins and viruses on macroporoussilicas have been studied. Modification of the silica surfaces with -aminopropyltriethoxysilane and then with carbohydrates has eliminated the irreversible adsorption of these biopolymers. The chromatographic separation of the biopolymers has revealed molecular sieve (size exclusion) effects and reversible adsorption. The influence of pH on the elution of proteins and viruses has been demonstrated.     

Modeling of the whole expanded-bed protein adsorption process with yeast cell suspensions as feedstock

Expanded bed adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) directly from a feedstock containing whole yeast cells has been investigated with an anion-exchanger DEAE Spherodex M. In the presence of 6% (w/w) yeast cells, the axial liquid-phase dispersion coefficient was found in the order of 10(-6) m2/s, which felled into the common range of 1.0 x 10(-6)-1.0 x 10(-5) m2/s observed previously without the use of cell suspensions as mobile phase. We found that the static and dynamic binding capacity of BSA decreased with increasing the yeast cell concentration due to the competitive adsorption of cells onto the outer surface of the anion-exchanger. However, because of the small size of the adsorbent, the large pore diffusivity of protein and the favorable column efficiency (low axial dispersion coefficient), the dynamic binding capacity of BSA in the presence of 6% (w/w) cells in the expanded bed reached 86% that of the equilibrium adsorption density. Then, the whole expanded bed adsorption process of BSA in the presence of cells, including feedstock loading, washing and elution steps, was predicted using a mathematical model with parameters all determined independently. In the elution stage, the steric mass-action adsorption isotherm with salt concentration as one of the model parameters was used to predict the step-gradient elution process with salt concentration increases. Computer simulations showed that the model was in good agreement with the experimental results for the whole operation process.     

Limited sample recovery in coupled methods of high-performance liquid chromatography of synthetic polymers

Complex polymer systems, which exhibit multiple distributions in their molecular parameters can be characterized by coupled liquid chromatographic methods. The latter combine entropic (exclusion) and enthalpic (interaction) retention mechanisms. However, recent experimental results suggest that some coupled liquid chromatographic methods may suffer from incomplete sample recovery. This refers, for example, to liquid chromatography under critical conditions of enthalpic interactions and to eluent gradient liquid chromatography. Sample recovery in both latter methods was investigated for selected model systems applying adsorption retention mechanism. Reduced sample recovery was confirmed for both methods. It was revealed that even very high final strength of mobile phase may be insufficient for complete elution of polymer samples in eluent gradient polymer liquid chromatography.     

Size-exclusion chromatography using deuterated mobile phases

The effect of deuterated solvents in size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) was studied by comparing intrinsic viscosity measurements, SEC calibration curves, and column efficiency using water-soluble polymers. For aqueous SEC, the use of deuterium oxide slightly increases the SEC elution volume. To verify that adsorption onto the packing was absent, data from exclusion experiments were compared at 35 and 50 degrees C. Our results indicate that adsorption is not occurring for pullulan or polyethylene glycol (PEG)/poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO); for the latter, however, the elution volume increased using both D2O and H2O, indicative of slight hydrodynamic volume contraction of PEG/PEO at higher temperatures. A moderate increase in band broadening (moderate decrease in column efficiency) was observed using D2O. Finally, the effects of chloroform versus deuterated chloroform were evaluated, but no hydrodynamic volume changes were observed.     

Liquid chromatography of polymers under limiting conditions of adsorption: III. Role of experimental variables

LC of polymers under limiting conditions of adsorption (LC LCA) is a novel method based on different mobility of (pore excluded) macromolecules compared to (pore permeating) solvent molecules. Polymer sample is injected in a solvent preventing its adsorption within the column. Eluent promotes sample adsorption. Under these conditions, macromolecules cannot leave its initial solvent and elute from the column independently of their molar mass. In contrast, a less interactive simultaneously injected polymer leaves its initial solvent zone and is eluted in the size exclusion mode. As a result, chemically different polymer species can be discriminated. The effect of selected experimental conditions was studied on the LC LCA behavior of poly(methyl methacrylate)s eluted from bare silica gel columns. The parameters were packing pore diameter, injected sample volume and concentration, as well as column temperature. The size independent elution was only little affected by the above parameters and LC LCA produced well-focused peaks. The LC LCA mechanism was operative even at a very large sample of both volume and concentration. This makes LC LCA a robust and user-friendly method, likely suitable also for characterization of minor components of polymer mixtures.     

Relaxation phenomena of hydrolyzed polyvinylamine molecules adsorbed at the silica/water interface III. Interfacial exchange and transfer processes

Surface area exclusion chromatography (SAEC) was employed to determine the stability characteristics of saturated homogeneous layers when interfacial exchange or transfer of molecules was promoted. In these experiments, the first polymer layer was established by elution of a column composed of stacked glass-fiber filters with one polymer. Then, after displacement of the void by water, the second polymer was subsequently injected under the same elution conditions. The experiments combine polymers of equal or different molecular weight and/or hydrolysis grade. Histograms of SAEC experiments demonstrate the great stability of the initially adsorbed layer. Domains of high and low adsorption values were determined to exist along the chromatography column after injection of the first polymer sample. The polymer injected second slightly modifies the initial adsorption histogram and mainly overadsorbs on the low adsorption domain of the first polymer. The major result relates to the relaxation phenomenon affecting or not the second adsorbed polymer when it adsorbs on filters belonging to the low adsorption domain of the polymer first injected. The relaxation is impeded when the relaxation of the first polymer is of great amplitude, whereas it occurs when the relaxation of the first polymer is small.     

Solvation and Adsorption Effects in Gel Permeation Chromatography

Abstract

Saturated hydrocarbons are generally eluted according to molecular volumes in gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Other compounds, containing polar groups such as hydroxyl and carbonyl groups, deviate from the molecular volume/elution count relationship which is prepared using saturated hydrocarbons. The deviation is more or less observed regardless of the kinds of eluents. In this paper, this problem is investigated in detail with respect to infrared(IR) and proton magnetic resonance(NMR) spectra, and concentration dependences of peak heights and elution volumes in GPC. IR and NMR spectra reveal that alcohols, ketones and esters are strongly solvated by eluent molecules such as chloroform and tetrahydrofuran(THF). The solvation effect leads to faster elution for these compounds than expected for aliphatic hydrocarbons. On the other hand, the concentration dependences of elution counts and peak heights prove the adsorption of amines on polystyrene gel in chloroform. In fact, the elution rates of amines and polychlorides are retarded. In the case of aliphatic carboxylic acids, the elution mechanism is more complicated: association and adsorption effects would be overlapped.     

用大孔吸附树脂分离利血平

以利血平的吸附量和解吸率为指标,筛选大孔吸附树脂.研究吸附和解吸的优化条件,并考察选定树脂的吸附等温线、吸附动力学、吸附和解吸性能.结果表明,将催吐萝芙木根粉浸提液蒸去乙醇且不调pH(pH 1)进行吸附,HZ-818型大孔吸附树脂对利血平的吸附量可达到9.34mg/mL.使用工业乙醇-水(80:20,pH 1.0)为解吸剂,解吸率可达99.3%.该树脂的吸附符合Langmuir吸附等温方程.吸附前期,吸附速度较快,以后速度减慢.HZ-818型树脂对利血平的吸附量大,解吸率高,通过大孔树脂吸附和解吸,利血平浓度提高50倍以上,适宜于工业化生产.     

Electrospun Highly Ordered Mesoporous Silica–Carbon Composite Nanofibers for Rapid Extraction and Prefractionation of Endogenous Peptides

A simple method was developed for the preparation of ordered mesoporous silica–carbon composite nanofibers (OMSCFs). The OMSCFs exhibited high carbon content, continuously long fibrous properties, uniform accessible mesopores, and a large surface area. The OMSCFs were also found to have ion‐exchange capacity. On the basis of the size‐exclusion effect of the mesopores and mixed‐mode hydrophobic/ion‐exchange interactions, the OMSCFs were applied for rapid enrichment of endogenous peptides by using a miniaturized solid‐phase extraction format. The adsorption mechanism was studied, and the eluting solution was optimized with standard peptide/protein solutions and protein digests. Employing a successive three‐step elution strategy, followed by LC‐MS/MS analysis, led to excellent performance with this approach in the extraction and prefractionation of peptides from human serum.     

Reconformation of polyvinylamine adsorbed on glass fibers

Surface area exclusion chromatography was used to investigate the reconformation of fully hydrolyzed polyvinylamine. The polymer is adsorbed on stacked glass fiber filters constituting the stationary phase while the polymer solution is injected at the inlet of the chromatography column. From numerical simulation and experimental chromatograms of nonreconforming polyelectrolytes, the amount of polymer adsorbed per filter represented as a function of the filter position along the column (the histogram) was determined to be continuously decreasing and not to depend on the rate of elution. For polyvinylamine, the histograms are peaked and the height of the peak was determined to depend greatly on the rate of polymer supply to the column that was controlled by monitoring the polymer concentration and/or the rate of elution (mass-transfer-controlled adsorption). Modifications in the adsorption on the successive filters were converted into changes in the interfacial area of adsorbed molecules taking into account model histograms as well as experimental adsorption histograms of non reconforming systems. Macromolecule concentration in the mobile phase and contact time between solute and adsorbed molecules were determined to be the two parameters controlling the extent of polymer desorption. The unusual shape of the histogram thus was attributed to reconformation of the adsorbed polymer, which was stimulated by interfacial exchange between segments belonging to trains of adsorbed macromolecules and chain segments of solute ones.     

High performance liquid chromatography characterization of macromolecules

A new method, temperature gradient interaction chromatography(TGIC) is employed for the characterization of macromolecules. Fine and reproducible control of interaction between polymer chains and the alkyl chain bonded silica packing material can be achieved by varying the temperature of the column. This method provides a far superior resolution to the conventional size exclusion chromatography. In addition, this method has a high sample loading capacity to be effective for preparative purpose. Furthermore, this method can be used to characterize binary polymer mixtures, where one component of a polymer mixture is separated by the size exclusion mechanism and the other is by the interaction mechanism simultaneously from single isocratic elution.     

Characterization of EO-PO Block Copolymers by Liquid Chromatography Under Critical Conditions

Summary: Block copolymers of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) are characterized by liquid chromatography under critical conditions (LCCC) for EO. At the critical adsorption point (CAP) for one structural unit, the non-critical block can elute in size exclusion (SEC) or adsorption (LAC) mode. Depending on the molar mass and architecture of the polymers, different strategies are applied. For samples with a higher molar mass, the SEC separation is the method of choice, while lower molar masses also allow a LAC separation. Examples for both situations are given, which show, that these approaches yield different information. In the SEC mode, homopolymers and diblocks can be separated from the triblocks. In LAC mode, a baseline resolution of individual oligomers can be achieved, in which homopolymers, diblocks and triblocks with the same number of repeat units of the non-critical block have the same elution volume.     

金的离子交换与吸附化学 I: 酰胺/膦酸酯型树脂483C1-Au(III), Au(I)-HCl系统

研究了酰胺/膦酸酯型树脂483C1[CONHCH2CH2P(O)(OR)2]从盐酸中吸金的化学问题,结果表明平衡服从Freundlich吸附等温式, AuCl4^-以缔合机制吸着; 测得了AuCl4^-的内扩散系数以及HCl-硫脲为解吸剂时的有关动力学参数; 还研究了AuCl4^-的柱穿透曲线.     

大孔阳离子交换树脂对奈替米星的吸附研究

通过正交实验合成了9种大孔弱酸性阳离子交换树脂,筛选出具有最大动态饱和吸附量的FB-1树脂.采用红外光谱和热重分析的方法对其表征,并研究其对奈替米星的吸附及解吸性能,结果表明:该树脂对奈替米星的吸附符合Langrnuir吸附:用氨水做洗脱剂,0.3mol/L和0.4mol/L的氨水解吸率均达95%以上.FB-1与HD-2树脂比较:动态吸附量FB-1为398.0mg/mL湿树脂、HD-2为232.1mg/mL湿树脂;0.3mol/L氨水解吸,前者解吸率较后者高约15%.     

亚氨基二乙酸树脂吸附钇(Ⅲ)的研究

The adsorption behavior and mechanism of a novel chelate resin, iminodiacetic acid resin (IDAAR) for Y(Ⅲ) were investigated. The statically saturated adsorption capacity is 102mg·g^-1 resin at 298K in HAc-NaAc medium at pH 5.7. Y(Ⅲ) adsorbed on IDAAR can be reductively eluted by 1.0～4.0mol·L^-1 HCl used as eluant and the elution percentages are almost as high as 100%. The resin can be regenerated and reused without apparent decrease in adsorption capacity. The apparent adsorption rate constant is k₂₉₈=3.36×10^-5s^-1. The adsorption behavior of IDAAR for Y(Ⅲ) conforms to Freundlich′s model reasonably. The thermodynamic adsorption parameter, enthalpy change ΔH of IDAAR for Y(Ⅲ) is 18.6kJ·mol^-1. The complex molar ratio of the functional group of IDAAR to Y(Ⅲ) is about 3∶1. The adsorption mechanism of IDAAR for Y(Ⅲ) was examined by using chemical method and IR spectrometry.