PMID- 20515536 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20101123 LR - 20190513 IS - 1945-239X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9665 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 5 DP - 2010 May-Jun TI - Rapid preparation and characterization of methacrylate-based monoliths for chromatographic and electrophoretic separation. PG - 399-405 AB - Butyl-methacrylate-based porous monoliths were rapidly prepared in the fused-silica capillary with a 10-cm stripe of polyimide removed from its exterior. The photopolymerization could be carried out in 150 s using ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as a cross-linking agent; 1-propanol, 1,4-butanediol, and water as tri-porogenic solvents; and Irgacure 1800 as a photo-initiator. The effect of different morphologies on the efficiency and retention properties was investigated using pressure-assisted CEC (p-CEC), CEC, and low pressure-assisted liquid chromatography modes (LPLC). Baseline separation of the model analytes was respectively achieved including thiourea, toluene, naphthalene, and biphenyl with the lowest theoretical height up to 8.0 microm for thiourea in the mode of p-CEC. Furthermore, the influence of the tri-porogenic solvents on the morphology of methacrylate-based monoliths was systematically studied with mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanning electron microscopy. FAU - Fan, Li-Qun AU - Fan LQ AD - Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China. FAU - Zhang, Yu-Ping AU - Zhang YP CN - Na-Chen FAU - Gong, Wen-Jun AU - Gong WJ FAU - Qu, Ling-Bo AU - Qu LB FAU - Lee, Kwang-Pill AU - Lee KP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Chromatogr Sci JT - Journal of chromatographic science JID - 0173225 EDAT- 2010/06/03 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/03 06:01 CRDT- 2010/06/03 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/03 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1093/chromsci/48.5.399 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr Sci. 2010 May-Jun;48(5):399-405. doi: 10.1093/chromsci/48.5.399.