Applications of monolithic materials for sample preparation

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-141

  Nema, Tarang ^a,b   Chan, Eric C Y ^a   Ho, Paul C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Waters Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Capillary columns; Monolithic columns; Organic inorganic monoliths; Solid phase extraction; Stationary phases

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HYBRID MONOLITH; MONOLITH; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MONOLITH; POLYPROPYLENE; SILICON; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; TETRAMETHOXYSILANE; TRIMETHOXYMETHYLSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAPILLARY ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; MONOLITHIC COLUMN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYRINGE;

CAPILLARY COLUMNS; MONOLITHIC COLUMNS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MONOLITHS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; STATIONARY PHASES;

CAPILLARY ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 84889601923     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.05.036     Document Type: Review

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