Characterization of C18-bonded liquid chromatographic stationary phases by Raman spectroscopy: the effect of temperature

This study represents the first time that both the mobile phase composition and the temperature are simultaneously controlled to examine silica-bonded octadecylsilyl (C18) ligands spectroscopically at typical liquid chromatographic (LC) mobile phase flow-rates and back-pressures. Raman spectroscopy...

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Published in:Journal of chromatography. A 2000-04, Vol.877 (1-2), p.41-59
Main Authors: Doyle, C A, Vickers, T J, Mann, C K, Dorsey, J G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chromatography, Liquid - instrumentation
Molecular Conformation
Spectrum Analysis, Raman
Temperature
Water - chemistry
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Summary:This study represents the first time that both the mobile phase composition and the temperature are simultaneously controlled to examine silica-bonded octadecylsilyl (C18) ligands spectroscopically at typical liquid chromatographic (LC) mobile phase flow-rates and back-pressures. Raman spectroscopy is used to characterize the behavior of the C18 bonded ligands equilibrated at temperatures from 45 to 2 degrees C in neat, single-component, mobile phase solvents including: water, acetonitrile, methanol, and chloroform. In addition, the effect of stationary phase ligand bonding density is examined by using two different monomeric reversed-phase liquid chromatographic (RPLC) stationary phases, a 2.34 and a 3.52 micromol m(-2) Microporasil C18 stationary phase, under identical conditions. The direct, on-column, spectroscopic analysis used in this study allows direct evaluation of the temperature-dependent behavior of the bonded C18 ligands. The temperature-dependent ordering of the stationary phase ligands is examined to determine if the ligands undergo a phase transition from a less-ordered "liquid-like" state at higher temperatures to a more-ordered "solid-like" state at lower temperatures. A discrete phase transition was not observed, but rather a continual ordering as temperature was lowered.
ISSN:0021-9673
DOI:10.1016/S0021-9673(00)00174-6