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K D Bartle

Publications and source records attributed to K D Bartle.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2004

Towards a miniaturised system for dynamic field gradient focused separation of proteins.

Separation and focusing of proteins is described in a miniaturised dynamic field gradient focusing device with a 2.5 cm x 0.1 cm channel filled with a porous polymer monolith. The separation channel is in contact with a parallel electric field channel with five individually addressable electrodes through a porous glass membrane so that a variable field can be generated that drives charged proteins electroosmotically against a constant hydrodynamic flow. Separated pre-stained proteins were detected by means of a digital camera and background subtraction.

Miniaturization↗
PubMed2001

Theory of capillary electrochromatography.

The present state of the theory of capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is reviewed. Emphasis is placed on electroosmosis and the electrical double layer, and the generally good understanding of the factors affecting the electroosmotic flow in CEC columns. The relation of CEC to other electrically driven separations are described, along with band broadening, and the influence of column temperature in CEC. The theoretical potential of CEC is assessed from the standpoint of current and future column technology, and likely future application areas are described.

Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary↗
PubMed2000

Capillary electrochromatography on silica columns: factors influencing performance.

Much capillary electrochromatography (CEC) work is carried out on bonded silica packings which offer many advantages: the number of such packings which are available; the fact that the chemistry of bonding and the separation process are fairly well understood; and the possibility of the transfer to CEC of existing HPLC methods. Packing methods for the preparation of CEC columns have been investigated. The problems inherent in the use of burned-in frits remains an obstacle, but can be at least partially overcome by minimising the length and by silanisation. The influence of a variety of mobile phase variables on aspects of CEC is in agreement with theory for: ionic strength, organic content (including isoeluotropy), and pH. Temperature can be used as a variable to change column selectivity in CEC. The influence of pH on electroosmotic flow (EOF) by changing the degree of ionisation of residual silanol groups is similar for a wide range of neutral bonded groups, but is much less marked for bonded sulphonic acid groups. The EOF may be reversed for bonded groups containing nitrogen.

Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary↗
PubMed2000

Comparison of different packing methods for capillary electrochromatography columns.

A study was carried out in which 50 microm I.D. fused-silica capillaries were packed with 3 microm octadecylsilane bonded silica, from the same batch, by four methods; liquid slurry and carbon dioxide supercritical carrier, each with and without the use of an ultrasonic probe. A neutral test mixture was analysed by capillary column in reversed-phase mode, and the reproducibility of the electroosmotic flow and of migration time, column efficiency and retention factors, was determined. Initially results suggested that there was no significant difference between properties of columns packed by different methods, and a more thorough statistical evaluation confirmed this; differences observed in the column performance were attributed to random variations between replicate columns, and not between packing methods. However, the variation was least when applying the ultrasonication during liquid slurry.

Carbon Dioxide↗
PubMed1999

A catalogue of urban hydrocarbons for the city of Leeds: atmospheric monitoring of volatile organic compounds by thermal desorption-gas chromatography.

A method has been developed for the speciation and quantitative determination of hydrocarbons in urban air in the city of Leeds. Hydrocarbons were pre-concentrated by adsorbent tube air sampling and analyzed using thermal desorption and gas chromatography with flame ionization detection and structural confirmation by mass spectrometric detection. While automated volatile organic compound (VOC) analyzers produced data for a maximum of about 30 compounds simultaneously, with the method described here, a total of 68 C6-C12 hydrocarbons were measured simultaneously in one analysis at parts per billion (ppb) levels. Several monitoring surveys were performed, one during the winter of 1993 and the other in the summer of 1994, at a number of sites to investigate the levels of VOCs identified in the urban air of Leeds.

Absorption↗
PubMed1997

Step-gradient capillary electrochromatography.

The analytical benefits of using a step-gradient in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) are demonstrated. The application of step-gradient CEC to the analysis of six diuretics of widely differing lipophilicities was evaluated and shown to result in a marked reduction in the analysis time and an improvement in the peak shape for later-eluting lipophilic components. When the step-gradient approach was performed in an automated mode, the retention time RSD for repeated injections was below 1%.

Diuretics↗
PubMed1997

Supercritical fluid extraction of sulphamethazine and its metabolites from meat tissues.

An investigation is reported of factors affecting the supercritical fluid extraction of sulphamethazine and five of its metabolites from spiked meat (swine liver and kidney). The addition of the polar modifier methanol to the carbon dioxide extracting fluid was found to generally enhance recoveries under subcritical and supercritical conditions. Recoveries of the ionic metabolites were increased by up to 72% when employing tetramethylammonium hydroxide for ion pairing in situ with the supercritical fluid extraction. Extraction efficiency is demonstrated to be dependent on the matrix. Extractions of the less polar compounds from the kidney are more successful than from the liver, which corresponds to their partitioning into the supercritical fluid and/or the greater fraction of highly extractable fatty materials. The kidney was more retentive than liver for the relatively more polar compounds, which suggests that the liver offers a less polar environment under the same extraction conditions.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

Rapid analysis of polyolefin antioxidants and light stabilisers by supercritical fluid chromatography.

Nineteen commercial antioxidants and light stabilisers, with a wide range of relative molecular masses and boiling-points, present in polyolefins were analysed by packed column supercritical fluid chromatography on four different phases with CO2 or 10% MeOH-CO2 as the mobile phase and with UV detection. The technique is shown to yield short analysis times and sufficient resolution for a number of additives present in a given polyolefin.

Antioxidants↗
PubMed1977

Use of a modified Tenax GC column packing for the direct gas chromatographic analysis of phenols in water at the ppm level.

Dilute solutions of phenols in water at the ppm level may be analysed gas chromatographically by direct injection onto a column with a packing similar to that used in the Viking 1975 spacecraft: Tenax GC (2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide polymer) modified with polymetaphenyl ether liquid phase to eradicate irreversible adsorption. Symmetrical peaks were observed for injections of less than 1 ng of phenol and some of its alkylated derivatives. Chromatographic properties of modified Tenax GC columns are reported along with their application to the analysis of some industrial effluents with previous work-up.

Chromatography, Gas↗