Hydrophobic polymers from water-soluble monomers and their use as chromatography media

摘要

Macromolecular species in a liquid sample are chromatographically separated in a separation medium formed by polymerization of monomers in an aqueous solution with a sufficient amount of crosslinking agent to cause aggregation and precipitation of the polymer chains. The medium is either formed in the column in which chromatography is to take place as a continuous although channeled bed, or in a separate reaction vessel and then transferred to the column in comminuted form as a packed bed. Improvements in the performance of the bed are achieved by compression of the bed.