文摘
Monodisperse nonporous silica particles were coated with different amounts of a divinylbenzene-based polymer resulting in a new class of reversed-phase high-performance liquidchromatographic material. An optimization of the polymer layer, with respect to thethickness, was performed to obtain optimal surface properties of the chromatographic sorbent.The materials were characterized using solid-state 13C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy,thermogravimetry analysis, BET surface area measurements, scanning electron microscopy,and transmission electron microscopy. The application of the new materials in reversed-phase HPLC revealed extremely short separation times while maintaining a high chromatographic resolution.