Monolithic capillary electrochromatographic system based on gold nanoparticles and chitosan chiral molecularly imprinted polymers for enantioseparation of metolachlor and separation of structural analogs

IF 5.3 2区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Microchimica Acta Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI:10.1007/s00604-025-07142-9

Ziyun Bu, Qiankang Si, Xiaolin Lu, Pei Wang, Dezhen Wu, Yingying Mei

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Abstract

A novel monolithic capillary column (AuNPs@CMIP(poly-Chitosan)@capillary) with hybridized chiral molecular imprinted polymers (CMIPs) as stationary phase was prepared using S-metolachlor (S-MET) as template, chitosan as functional monomer, glutaraldehyde as cross-linker, and aminated-gold nanoparticles (NH₂-AuNPs) as nanocarriers. The capillary electrochromatography (CEC) system constructed by AuNPs@CMIP(poly-Chitosan)@capillary achieved the efficient chiral separation of MET (resolution (Rs) = 9.83) as well as separation of its various structural analogs (Rs > 1.58). In addition, AuNPs@CMIP(poly-Chitosan)@capillary exhibits satisfactory reproducibility and stability. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of migration times and Rs for intra-day, inter-day, and inter-column were all less than 6.1%, and no significant decline in separation performance was observed after 21 days of storage. NH₂-AuNPs, with their large specific surface area and stable structure, can provide abundant binding sites and play a supporting role, reducing the deformation and collapse of CMIPs’ cavities, and further ensuring the structural stability and separation performance of the stationary phase. Finally, parameters such as imprinting factor and selectivity factor were calculated by adsorption experiments, and the CEC separation mechanism was discussed. The chitosan CMIPs-based capillary monolithic column developed in this work has rarely been reported and is an innovative attempt, providing a feasible and promising approach for the development of CEC chiral monolithic stationary phases.

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Microchimica Acta 化学-分析化学

CiteScore

9.80

自引率

5.30%

发文量

410

审稿时长

2.7 months

期刊介绍： As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting.