Electrophoresis, Vol.22, No.7, 1292-1297, 2001
Evaluation of ODS-AQ stationary phase for use in capillary electrochromatography
The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of ODS-AQ packing material as a stationary phase in capillary electrochromatography (CEC). The electroosmotic flow created on an ODS-AQ stationary phase was measured at different mobile phase compositions and at different column temperatures. it was observed that the electroosmotic now generated in the column increased by 50% when the temperature of the system was raised from 20 degreesC to 60 degreesC, while all other conditions were kept constant. The electroosmotic flow produced by the ODS-AQ stationary phase was found to be comparable to the flow generated in a column packed with Nucleosil bare-silica material. In addition, a set of polar compounds (D-lysergic acid diethylamide derivatives) was utilized to determine the influence of temperature and mobile phase composition on their chromatographic behavior on an ODS-AQ stationary phase in a CEC mode. A linear relationship between the solute retention factor and column temperatures was seen over the temperature range studied (20 degreesC to 60 degreesC). A quadratic function was used to describe the changes in the solute retention factors with variation of acetonitrile concentration in the mobile phase.