Study on steric transition in asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation and application to characterization of high-energy material

Dou, H; Lee, YJ; Jung, EC; Lee, BC; Lee, S

HERO ID

2222884

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2013

Language

English

PMID

23871284

HERO ID 2222884
In Press No
Year 2013
Title Study on steric transition in asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation and application to characterization of high-energy material
Authors Dou, H; Lee, YJ; Jung, EC; Lee, BC; Lee, S
Journal Journal of Chromatography A
Volume 1304
Page Numbers 211-219
Abstract In field-flow fractionation (FFF), there is the 'steric transition' phenomenon where the sample elution mode changes from the normal to steric/hyperlayer mode. Accurate analysis by FFF requires understanding of the steric transition phenomenon, particularly when the sample has a broad size distribution, for which the effect by combination of different modes may become complicated to interpret. In this study, the steric transition phenomenon in asymmetrical flow FFF (AF4) was studied using polystyrene (PS) latex beads. The retention ratio (R) gradually decreases as the particle size increases (normal mode) and reaches a minimum (Ri) at diameter around 0.5μm, after which R increases with increasing diameter (steric/hyperlayer mode). It was found that the size-based selectivity (Sd) tends to increase as the channel thickness (w) increases. The retention behavior of cyclo-1,3,5-trimethylene-2,4,6-trinitramine (commonly called 'research department explosive' (RDX)) particles in AF4 was investigated by varying experimental parameters including w and flow rates. AF4 showed a good reproducibility in size determination of RDX particles with the relative standard deviation of 4.1%. The reliability of separation obtained by AF4 was evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Doi 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.06.051
Pmid 23871284
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