Column Packings for Gas Chromatography

Column switching analysis with packed-capillary columns in gas chromatography.

By introducing sequentially connected two packed-capillary columns, a wide range of volatile compounds were successfully separated in gas chromatography. The hyphenation of two packed-capillary columns of 1.0 mm i.d. was accomplished using a conventional 6-port valve, where the temperature of each column was individually controlled in the respective column ovens. These columns were prepared w...

Selectivity tuning in chiral dual column gas chromatography.

The enantioselective tuning of two columns coupled in series is investigated in chiral high-resolution gas chromatography. Two columns with opposite enantioselectivities (Chirasil-L-Val and Chirasil-D-Val) are coupled in series via a T connector, and the relative retention of enantiomers chromatographed on the system is changed by varying the individual carrier gas flow rates in the coupled col...

Capillary Column Selectivity and Inertness for Sulfur Gas Analysis in Light Hydrocarbon Streams by Gas Chromatography

Column Liquid Chromatography

Carbon Nanotube Stationary Phase in a Microfabricated Column for High-Performance Gas Chromatography

We report a microfabricated gas chromatography (GC) column that uses a thin layer of high-quality singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as a stationary phase. This 1.0-m-long, 160-μm-wide, 250-μm-deep column has the highest separation efficiency reported to date for microfabricated columns having an SWNT stationary phase. Separation efficiency was evaluated with a Golay plot, in which the minim...