Ke. Collins et al., Thermal immobilization of poly(methyloctyl-siloxane) in the pores of chromatographic silica, CHROMATOGR, 53(11-12), 2001, pp. 661-664
Poly(methyloctylsiloxane), PMOS, can be thermally immobilized in porous sil
ica particles at temperatures of 80 to 150 degreesC to produce monolayer st
ationary phases and efficient reversed phase columns. Thermal immobilizatio
n at higher temperatures (180-280 degreesC) produces thicker ("bi-layer") s
tationary phases with much lower HPLC efficiencies - in marked contrast to
the efficient "bi-layer" stationary phases previously obtained by gamma-rad
iation immobilization of PMOS.