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Fused silica capillaries are almost universally used in capillary electrophoresis. The inner diameter of fused silica capillaries varies from 20 to 200 pm, and the outer diameter varies from 150 to 360 pm. Selection of the capillary inner diameter is a compromise between resolution, sensitivity, and capacity. Best resolution is achieved by reducing the capillary diameter to maximize heat dissipation. Best sensitivity and sample load capacity are achieved with large internal diameters. A capillary internal diameter of 50 pm is optimal for most applications, but diameters of 75 to 100 pm may be needed for high sensitivity or for micropreparative applications. However, capillary diameters above 75 pm exhibit poor heat dissipation and may require use of low-conductivity buffers and low field strengths to avoid excessive Joule heating. 

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Capillary inner diameter (ID) 50 pm, bare fused silica capillary... 

In this technique, commonly called Gas phase chromatography (GPC), the mobile phase is a gas and the stationary phase is a liquid. The liquid can be immobilised by impregnation or bonded to a support, which, in the case of capillary columns, is the capillary inner surface (the partition coefficient K is also involved). 

The wall of the silica column is lined with silanol groups that become de-pro tonated when the pH is above 2. Under these conditions, a fixed polyanionic layer is formed (Fig. 8.5). However, a polycationic layer due to the electrolyte acts as its counterpart. The H30+ ions and electrolyte cations are put in motion when the electrical field is applied. The net effect is to make all the species present migrate towards the cathode. This linear displacement of the electrolyte, which originates from the charge carried by the electrolyte ions and tangential applied electrical field, can be controlled or reversed by modifying the capillary inner surface, the pH, or by adding cationic surfactants. 

Figure 8.5—Effect of the nature of the capillary inner wall on migration velocities If the inner wall has not been treated (glass or silica naturally have a negative polyanionic layer) the liquid is pumped from the anodic towards the cathodic reservoir. This is called the electro-osmotic flow. Thus an anion can move towards the cathode. Between pH 7 and 8. vE0S can increase by 35%. However, if the wall is coated with a nonpolar film (e.g. octadecyl) this flow does not exist.

Figure 8.6—Effect of a cationic surfactant reversing the polarity of the capillary inner wall. Because the migration of analytes must always be in the direction of the detector, the voltage polarity of the instrument must be reversed in order for anionic species to move towards the anode, thus towards the detector.

The highly efficient separations afforded by capillary electrophoresis (CE) are a direct result of employing extremely narrow separation channels. Effective dissipation of heat generated by the passage of electrical current through the separation medium occurs only when the ratio of capillary Inner surface area to Internal volume is sufficiently large (typically 104 to 10s m 1). 

Samples can be processed with FIA at rates varying from 60 to 300 per hour. In recent work, FIA systems have been miniaturized to either capillary (inner diameters from 20 to 100 p,m) or microchip (see Feature 8-1) dimensions. Such miniature analyzers have the potential to enable manipulations and measurements on such small samples as single cells and to minimize the amount of reagent consumed in an analysis. 

Note that band broadening increases with the fourth power of the capillary inner diameter Therefore it is allowed to use quite long capillaries if they are thin enough. For analytical separations it is not advisable to use 0.5 mm capillaries for critical connections. 

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There are many other approaches to industrial applications of flash chemistry, although available information is limited. Let us briefly touch on some examples. The Kolbe-Schmitt synthesis serves as a useful standard method to introduce a carboxyl group into phenols (Scheme 10.6). The Kolbe-Schmitt synthesis has been widely used in industry, and there are many variants of this transformation. Microflow systems can be used for conducting the Kolbe-Schmitt synthesis under aqueous high-pressure conditions.A decrease in reaction times by an order of magnitude (a few tens of seconds instead of minutes) and increase in space-time yields by orders of magnitude can be attained using a microflow system. For example, a microflow system composed of five parallel capillaries (inner volume 9 ml) has a productivity of 555 g/h, whereas the productivity of a macrobatch reactor (IL flask) is 28 g/h. 

Fig. 29 A barcode of three different chemical functionalities formed in a silica capillary via spatially-selective polymerization. It consists of segments of poly(bis-SorbPC) doped with Rhodamine-capped DPPE (red), poly(bis-SorbPC) doped with NBD-capped DOPE (green), and DOPC doped with Ni2+-charged DOGS-NTA. After the lipid pattern was formed, 6xHis-tagged Cerulean, a blue fluorescent protein, was injected into the capillary and bound selectively to the immobilized Ni2+ (blue). The capillary inner diameter is 50 pm. Reprinted with permission from [96]. Copyright 2007, American Chemical Society...

Polyimide-coated fused silica capillary, inner diameter, effective length. 

The effect of capillary inner diameter on column efficiency is quite predictable the column efficiency increases as the diameter decreases. However, this increased performance is at the expense of sample capacity. Capillary columns that are most commonly used today have inner diameters between 0.2 and 0.3 mm. While the sample capacity corresponding to such column dimensions is adequate for the combined GC/MS, wide-bore capillary columns are required for most remaining peak identification techniques. The wide-bore (0.5-0.7 mm, i.d.) columns may tolerate up to microgram amounts. The column technologies for the wide-bore and conventional capillary columns frequently differ, as an extensive geometrical modification of the column inner surface is needed for the former column type. 

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