Temperature-assisted solute focusing with sequential trap/release zones in isocratic and gradient capillary liquid chromatography: Simulation and experiment

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1474, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-108

  Groskreutz, Stephen R ^a   Weber, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Large volume injections; On column focusing; Temperature; Volume overload

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FOCUSING; ISOTHERMS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CAPILLARY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LARGE VOLUME INJECTION; ON-COLUMN FOCUSING; THERMOELECTRIC COOLER; VOLUME OVERLOAD;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETONITRILE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ESTER DERIVATIVE; N ALKYL 4 HYDROXYPHENONE DERIVATIVE; N ALKYL HYDROXYLBENZOATE ESTER DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ISOTHERM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE ASSISTED ON COLUMN SOLUTE FOCUSING; THERMODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

ACETONITRILES; ALGORITHMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84995559817     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.10.062     Document Type: Article

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