Temperature-responsive chromatography using poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel-modified silica

Anal Sci. 2002 Jan;18(1):45-8. doi: 10.2116/analsci.18.45.

Abstract

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) has the sharpest phase transition of the class of thermo-sensitive N-alkyl acrylamide polymers. We developed a new method of HPLC using packing materials modified with cross-linked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogel. A temperature-responsive surface was prepared by polymerization of NIPAAm in the presence of a cross-linker on the silica support. The surface properties and functions of the stationary phases change in response to the external temperature. Therefore it easily changes the interaction of a solute with the surface with a constant aqueous mobile phase. A temperature-responsive elution behavior was observed on the separation of steroids and PTH-amino acids. The method is expected to be applicable to separation in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylamides*
  • Acrylates*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Polymers*
  • Temperature
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Acrylamides
  • Acrylates
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer
  • Polymers