SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGH-RESOLUTION PREPARATIVE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Ionics International, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PROPOSE TO DESIGN, EVALUATE, AND CONSTRUCT A NEW TYPE OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SEPARATING GRAM QUANTITIESOF PEPTIDE HORMONE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH HIGH RESOLUTION. THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE AN EXTRUDED MULTI-CHANNEL CERAMIC BLOCK. SUCH BLOCKS ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND PARALLEL CHANNELS OF IDENTICAL DIMENSION. THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO USING THOUSANDS OF IDENTICAL CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMNS IN PARALLEL. THUS, THERESOLVING POWER OF A CAPILLARY COLUMN CAN BE COMBINED WITH THE HIGHER SAMPLE CAPACITY OF A PREPARATIVE-SCALE COLUMN. DURING PHASE I WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A METHOD FOR DRY-PACKING THE CERAMIC BLOCKS, CONSTRUCT AN ENTIRE CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, AND EVALUATE THE SYSTEM USING FLUORESCENT HYDROCARBONS. ALTERNATIVE MULTI-CHANNEL COLUMNSWILL ALSO BE EVALUATED.
Technology keywords
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