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H. Smith and R. Sacks, Pressure-tunable GC columns with electi onic pressure conti ol . Anal. Chem. 69 5159-5164 (1997). 

Sacks, R., and M. Akard, High-Speed GC Analysis of VOCs Tunable Selectivity and Column Selection, Environ. Sci. Technol., 28, 428A-433A (1994). 

Separation selectivify is one of the most important characteristics of any chromatographic sfationary phase. The functionality of the cation and anion and their unique combinations result in ILs with not only tunable physicochemical properties (i.e., viscosity, thermal stability, and surface tension), but also unique separation selectivities. Although the selectivity for different analytes is dominated by the solvation interactions imparted by the cation and anion, all ILs exhibit an apparent and xmique dual-nature selectivity that is uncharacteristic of other popular nonionic stationary phases. Dual-nature selectivity provides the stationary phases the ability to separate nonpolar molecules like a nonpolar stationary phase but yet separate polar molecules like a polar stationary phase [7,8]. Typically, GC stationary phases are classified in terms of their polarity (see Section 4.2.2) and the polarity of the employed stationary phase should closely match that of the analytes being separated. ILs possess a multitude of different but simultaneous solvation interactions that give rise to unique interactions with solute molecules. This is illustrated by Figure 4.2 in which a mixture of polar and nonpolar analytes are subjected to separation on a 1-benzyl-3-methylimidazolium triflate ([BeQlm][TfO] IL 6 in Table 4.1) column [21]. 

Thus far, SPME methods have had only limited success in isolating polar organics (e.g., chlorophenols [30] and formaldehyde [31]) or ions [32,33] from aqueous mixtures. However, the tunable hydrophobicity and multimodal potential interaction chemistries of ILs suggest potential applications in LPME. Further, their high viscosity coupled with their minimal vapor pressure promotes stable droplet formation. Figure 5.2 illustrates the experimental setup for LPME. In addition, analyte recovery can be performed simply by injecting the droplet onto a liquid chromatographic column. 

The first method [87,88] uses a matrix form of the Beer-Lambert absorption law in a transmission mode. A 2-D material sample is raster-scanned by a pulsed, tunable THz source to generate an N rows x L columns image matrix [/] where N is the number of THz frequencies used and L is the number of pixels. The values of [/] are the measured total absorbance at each pixel. Separate absorption experiments with known materials of interest establish the THz spectra both graphically and through the N x M spectra matrix [S], where M is the number of components. The collection of species can include non-agent materials that can affect the absorptions for example, barrier materials with spectra that are typically weakly frequency dependent. The spatial patterns of the agents are contained in the M x L matrix [P], The values of [P] effectively contain agent concentration information. 

A planar chiral naphthalenediimide cyclophane (39) and its derivatives were prepared for their tunable intramolecular FRET properties. The enantiomeric enrichment of cyclophane 39 was accomplished by chiral HPLC (on a Daicel IA column) and the CD spectra of enantiomeric 39 were reported (Fig. 9) [51]. 

The development of most ion-pairing chromatography (IPC) methods started with optimization of the mobile phase composition after an appropriate column was selected. The theory described in Chapter 3 assists the chromatographer to perform educated guesses. Chapters 7 through 10 discuss the main qualitative and quantitative attributes of tunable mobile phase parameters to illustrate their influence on the global performance of the method. 

One of the greatest challenges in monolith production is to increase the diameter. Presently, silica monoliths with a diameter of up to 50 mm can be produced. Commercial monolithic silica columns e.g. Chromolith columns of Merck KGaA possess a column permeability equivalent to a column packed with 15 xm particles, but show a column performance of a column packed with 5 xm beads. The major benefit of monolithic columns, however, is their robustness in use, their tailored pore structure and the tunable surface chemistry. 

The variation of the chemical composition of the substrate (not realized in a continuous tunable fashion) leads to drastic modifications of surface fields exerted by the polymer/substrate (i.e.,II) interface [94,97, 111, 114,119]. The substrate may, for instance, change contact angles with the blend phase from zero to a finite value. As a result the final morphology changes from a layered structure of Fig. 5b into a column structure of Fig. 5c [94,114]. On the other hand our very recent experiment [16] has shown that the surface fields are temperature dependent. Therefore, although it has been shown that surface-induced spinodal decomposition yields coexisting bilayer structure (Fig. 5b) at a singular temperature [114,115], that in principle may not be necessary true for other temperatures. This motivated our comparative studies [107] on coexistence compositions determined with two techniques described above interfacial relaxation and spinodal decomposition. 

Stacknik et al, 1992), and by in-situ tunable diode laser spectrometry (May and Webster, 1989). In the 1990s, global distributions of this gas were obtained by the HALOE infrared instrument aboard UARS (Russell et al., 1993 Figure 5.59). The distribution and variability of the total column abundances of HC1 have been reported, for example, by Mankin and Coffey (1983). 

Reaction intermediates and phenol residual were identified and quantified with HPLC(Waters Co.) equipped with a tunable absorbance detector and MS spectrometer (HP 5970). Separation of the components in HPLC was achieved by Nova-Pak CIS column. Elution was performed at ImL/min flow rate of mobile phasefMeOH H2O H3PO4 = 40 60 0.5vol%). 

The HPLC analyses were performed with a Waters 600E coupled to a Waters 486 UV visible tunable detector (SPD-MlOAvp) and a Reverse Phases C18 symmetry analytical Alltech Intertsil ODS- 5 pm 4.6mm x 150 mm column. In addition, sp>ectrophotometer analyses were carried out with a Cary 50 scan UV- Visible ap>p)aratus (UV Mini 1240). 

The HPLC analyses were conducted with a Water 600 Pump apparatus. This apparatus was equipped with a quaternary solvent delivery system, a Rheodyne injector with 20qL sample loop and a UV detector Waters 486 Tunable which was fixed at 280 nm. Throughout this study. Alltech Intertsil ODS-5 C18 reversed phase column (150 mm, 4.6 mm, 5qm particle size) was used. The flow rate of the mobile phase was of 1 mL / min and the gradient elution was adapted from (Nakatani et al., 2000 Bouayed et al, 2007). The solvent composition and the gradient elution program are reported in the table 1. 

Following the work on luminescent porous Si, a number of studies have been undertaken to render other semiconductors nanoporous. The motivation of such studies was based on the fact that if they can exhibit tunable luminescence in a similar way to nanoporous Si, then common features or differences might reveal the mechanisms involved. Studies concern indirect band gap semiconductors such as those of column IV (Ge, Sii j Gej , SiG) and GaP, as well as direct band gap III-V alloys (GaAs and InP) and II-VI compounds (CdTe, Cd0.95Zn0.05Te, CdTe, and ZnTe). 

Smith H and Sacks R (1997) Pressure-tunable GC columns with electronic pressure control. Analytical Chemistry 69(24) 5159-5164. 

An interlaboratory comparison of GPC results provides another demonstration of the exceptional reproducibility provided by the modern high-performance instrumentation. Three polycarbonate resins were independently analyzed by two laboratories, one in the United States and the other in Europe. The conditions each used were similar but not identical (Table 8). This work was also done with 4.6-mm-ID narrow-bore columns and absorbance detection. Sec. II.D, photodiode array in the United States and tunable UV (TUV) in Europe. The most significant difference in the setup between the two labs was the column sets that were used. Polystyrene... 

In a further approach, Trapp et al. [51] immobihzed covalently bound chiral vanadium(IV)-salen complexes with a tunable spacer length on polysiloxanes. These polymer-modified salen-type ligands were used as catalytically active stationary phase in on-column reaction gas chromatography, on-column reaction electrophoresis, and flow-through reactors, and as reactive coating for laboratory glassware. 

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