WANG Xiaojun, LIU Xinli, LI Xiunan, et al. Determination of pore size distribution of gel filtration media by low-field NMR[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (11): 4090-4095.
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WANG Xiaojun, LIU Xinli, LI Xiunan, et al. Determination of pore size distribution of gel filtration media by low-field NMR[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (11): 4090-4095.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2013.11.028.
Determination of pore size distribution of gel filtration media by low-field NMR
Gel filtration media play a very important role in separation and purification of bio-macromolecules such as proteins
polysaccharides.Their pore structure directly influences protein transport and adsorption in chromatographic separation column.The pore size distribution(PSD)plays a major role beyond simply the mean pore size.Various methods have been employed to determine the PSD of porous materials
including gas adsorption-desorption(BET)
mercury intrusion porosimetry(MIP).Since most of gel filtration media is soft gel
so it is difficult to measure their PSD by conventional method.In this paper
a new method
low-field NMR
was explored to determine the pore size distribution of gel filtration media.First
the distribution range of internal water
external water and free water in transverse relaxation time(T2)of low-field NMR were setting-out; then comparing the results with that from inverse size-exclusion chromatography(ISEC)and finding relationship between the pore size and relaxation time in internal water; finally
the pore size distribution of media was fitted by the Gaussian normal distribution.The results demonstrated that low-field NMR is an effective method for PSD determination of porous chromatographic media.The method is easy to operate
simple and quick
and can provide a reference for other determination of chromatography media pore size distribution.