New insights into perfluorinated adsorbents for analytical and bioanalytical applications

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2015 Jan;407(1):17-21. doi: 10.1007/s00216-014-8198-5. Epub 2014 Oct 31.

Abstract

Perfluorinated (F-) adsorbents are generally prepared by bonding perfluoro-functionalized silanes to silica gels. They have been employed for a long time essentially as media for solid-phase extraction of F-molecules or F-tagged molecules in organic chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis. More recently, this approach has been extended to proteomics and metabolomics. Owing to their unique physicochemical properties, namely fluorophilicity and proteinophilicity, and a better understanding of some fundamental aspects of their behavior, new applications of F-adsorbents in the field of environmental science and bio-affinity studies can be envisaged. In this article, we revisit the most important features of F-adsorbents by focusing, in particular, on some basic information that has been recently obtained through (nonlinear) chromatographic studies. Finally, we try to envisage new applications and possibilities that F-adsorbents will allow in the near future.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / instrumentation*
  • Fluorine Compounds / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Proteomics / instrumentation
  • Solid Phase Extraction / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Fluorine Compounds