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Using two polycyclyic aromatic hydrocarbons as solutes, a comparison is made between a bonded liquid crystal stationary phase and a conventional polymeric C-18 phase. The bonded nematic liquid crystal phase was the silanized form of 4-[4-(allyloxy)benzoyl-oxy]biphenyl and the polymeric phase was Vydac 201TP. Both phases display shape and planarity selectivity as indicated by the results of the variable temperature and mobile phase composition studies. The slot theory of retention can be used to explain these results. However, the liquid crystal phase is more sensitive to molecular geometry, probably due to its more ordered structure on the surface. Variable temperature experiments which compare retention during both heating and cooling provides additional support for this conclusion. With the polymeric bonded C-18 phase, each solute had identical retention at the same temperature during both the heating and cooling cycles. On the bonded liquid crystal phase, measurable differences in retention were observed at identical temperatures depending on whether the column was heated or cooled. This effect is attributed to a degree of partially reversible disordering which occurs as the column temperature was increased. However, conditioning with the appropriate mobile phase can restore the original retention characteristics of the bonded liquid crystal phase.
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Pesek, J.J., Miller, M. & Lu, Y.F. A comparison of temperature and mobile phase composition effects for bonded liquid crystal and polymeric stationary phases in HPLC. Chromatographia 35, 85–89 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02278561
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