Abstract
Particle-based Monte Carlo simulations were employed to examine the molecular-level effects of bonding density on the retention of alkane and alcohol solutes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. The simulations utilized octadecylsilane stationary phases with various bonding densities (1.6, 2.3, 2.9, 3.5, and 4.2μ mol/m2) in contact with a water/methanol mobile phase. In agreement with experiment, the distribution coefficient for solute transfer from mobile to stationary phase initially increases then reaches a maximum with increasing bonding density. A molecular-level analysis of the solute positional and orientational distributions shows that the stationary phase contains heterogeneous regions and the heterogeneity increases with increasing bonding density.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20-27 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography A |
Volume | 1204 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 12 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support from the National Science Foundation (CHE-0718383), the Rohm and Haas Company, and a Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship (J. L. R.) is greatfully acknowledged. Part of the computer resources were provided by the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Bonding density
- Molecular simulation
- Retention mechanism
- Reversed-phase liquid chromatography