Size separation of colloidally dispersed nanoparticles using a monolithic capillary column

We developed a method to separate colloidally dispersed nanoparticles on monolithic capillary columns. Silica nanoparticles were eluted according to their sizes, and the plots of the logarithm of the size of nanoparticles against their elution volume showed good linearity ( r = 0.992) over wide rang...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Chromatography A 2011-08, Vol.1218 (32), p.5520-5526
Hauptverfasser: Sakai-Kato, Kumiko, Ota, Shigenori, Takeuchi, Toyohide, Kawanishi, Toru
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Zusammenfassung:We developed a method to separate colloidally dispersed nanoparticles on monolithic capillary columns. Silica nanoparticles were eluted according to their sizes, and the plots of the logarithm of the size of nanoparticles against their elution volume showed good linearity ( r = 0.992) over wide range of sizes. Because of the high porosity of the monolithic column (porosity; 88%), the column's length could be increased without clogging of the dispersed samples and the pressure in a long column (500 mm × 0.2 mm i.d.) was low, with a value of 5.8 MPa at a flow rate of 1 μL/min. We demonstrate that this method using monolithic capillary columns could be used as a powerful tool for size separation of nanometer-size materials, which will open a new pathway to quality control of nanomaterials in nanotechnology applications.
ISSN:0021-9673
1873-3778
DOI:10.1016/j.chroma.2011.06.055