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Sub-2 μm porous silica materials for enhanced separation performance in liquid chromatography
Yong Wang1, Feng Ai, Siu-Choon Ng
1School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore.
Abstract:
Fully or partially sub-2 μm porous silica materials have garnered strong interests as column packing materials in separation and analytical technologies due to the promise of rapid separation, enhanced efficiency and separation resolution. Silica support materials of different morphology and sub-2 μm size have been developed to improve separation performances in liquid chromatography (LC) and capillary electrochromatography (CEC). The current review highlights the recent development of sub-2 μm fully/partially porous silica materials and the demonstrations of their enhanced performance in achiral and chiral chromatography.
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