Collins, David, Nesterenko, Ekaterina ORCID: 0000-0002-5010-9755, Brabazon, Dermot ORCID: 0000-0003-3214-6381 and Paull, Brett (2012) Controlled ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiated fabrication of monolithic porous layer open tubular (monoPLOT) capillary columns for chromatographic applications. Analytical Chemistry, 84 (7). pp. 3465-3472. ISSN 1520-6882
Abstract
An automated column fabrication technique that is based on a ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) array oven, and provides precisely controlled "in-capillary" ultraviolet (UV) initiated polymerization at 365 nm, is presented for the production of open tubular monolithic porous polymer layer capillary (monoPLOT) columns of varying length, inner diameter (ID), and porous layer thickness. The developed approach allows the preparation of columns of varying length, because of an automated capillary delivery approach, with precisely controlled and uniform layer thickness and monolith morphology, from controlled UV power and exposure time. The relationships between direct exposure times, intensity, and layer thickness were determined, as were the effects of capillary delivery rate (indirect exposure rate), and multiple exposures on the layer thickness and axial distribution. Layer thickness measurements were taken by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), with the longitudinal homogeneity of the stationary phase confirmed using scanning capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (sC(4)D). The new automated UV polymerization technique presented in this work allows the fabrication of monoPLOT columns with a very high column-to-column production reproducibility, displaying a longitudinal phase thickness variation within ±0.8% RSD (relative standard deviation).
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) array oven; Monolithic porous polymer layer capillary (monoPLOT) columns |
Subjects: | Engineering > Mechanical engineering |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac203432p |
Copyright Information: | © 2012 ACS This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Analytical Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac203432p |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 20484 |
Deposited On: | 18 Feb 2015 14:50 by Fran Callaghan . Last Modified 20 Sep 2018 10:04 |
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