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Reversed-Phase and Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography Columns for Size- Exclusion Chromatography A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Drexel University by Anna Maria Caltabiano in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy March 2017 © Copyright 2017 Anna M. Caltabiano. All Rights Reserved ii Dedications This thesis is dedicated to seven wonderful people who mean the world to me: To my son Greg Matthews and my future daughter-in-law Paulina Iniewicz, who have always been my sources of encouragement and my greatest inspirations! To my loving husband Joe Miscavage, who has always been supporting, helping and standing by me. To my parents, Nadiya and Gregory Matevosyan, without whose unconditional and endless support this work would not have been possible. To my sister Marianna Zimmerli and to my nephew Andrei Polyschuk, who encouraged me to pursue my dreams and finish my journey towards PhD. iii Acknowledgments First and foremost, I am grateful to God, whose many blessings have formed me into the person I am today and allowed me to see this long journey through against all odds. I am very thankful to Father Aleksandr and Father Mark from Saint Andrew’s Cathedral in Philadelphia, and Father Aleksiy from Holy Trinity Church in Odessa, Ukraine, for their constant prayers and blessings. There have been so many people who have contributed to my success. I would like to acknowledge and thank each of them for their kindness, guidance and support. First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my research advisor, Professor Joe. P. Foley for his fundamental role in my PhD studies and research. My success would not have been possible without his expertise, guidance, support, and encouragement. I greatly value the close professional rapport that Prof. Foley and I have acquired over the years and feel privileged to have been his student. I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my committee chair, Prof. Kevin Owens, for taking the time and effort to chair both my Oral Candidacy and PhD defense committees. I gratefully acknowledge the members of my PhD committee, Prof. Anthony Addison, Prof. Peter Wade, Prof. Karl Sohlberg, Prof. Daniel King, and Prof. Alexander Tsygankov (Temple University), for taking time out to participate and for providing their great scientific insight to my research. They all have contributed to my success as brilliant teachers that went above and beyond their instructor duties. iv My gratitude also goes to Prof. Alan Bandy and Prof. Jean Claude Bradley who left a mark on my research and who served on my Oral Candidacy Exam committee, but regretfully were not able to see the completion of this thesis. They have finished their earth journeys and went on to join our Father in heaven. Scientific research was everything to Prof. Bandy, it was his life, and it was the learning part of it that fascinated him the most. He taught his students that it is not just theories and laws from books, but hands on experiences are the key to success in the professional career. In sync, an innovative researcher Prof. Bradley has always emphasized the importance of publically sharing the research results, even if unsuccessful. I am honored to have known these outstanding teachers and true research scientists. Eternal Memory. I would like to acknowledge contributions of Dr. Howard Barth from Analytical Chemistry Consultants Ltd. and Dr. André Striegel from NIST to my research work. I’m very thankful to Dr. Barth for sharing his extensive experience in polymer analysis and co-authoring my first publication in size-exclusion chromatography research. During that period, Dr. Barth was facing very challenging time with his health, where he was in and out of hospitals, receiving extensive pain therapy, but still eager to see research results and to engage with novel experiments. I cannot thank Dr. Striegel enough for providing his invaluable guidance on the manual calculations of polymer molar masses, review of accuracy results and comments on solvent, temperature screens. Without his prospects and scrupulous analysis of the data, it would be very difficult to arrive to the right v conclusions. I feel privileged to have my work reviewed by such an advanced and outstanding researcher of our time. I cannot express enough gratitude to my employer GlaxoSmithKline for the financial support, use of laboratory, equipment, and reagents. I would like to sincerely thank my current and past leadership team and managers at GlaxoSmithKline: Dr. Al Kearney, Mr. Paul Cummings, Dr. Alireza Kord, Dr. Suwimon Asawasiripong, Dr. Gerald Terfloth, Dr. Fran Muller, Dr. Philip Floyd, Dr. Leon Zhou and Dr. Anne Payne, who have supported me throughout this quest. I’m especially thankful to Mr. Paul Cummings and Dr. Suwimon Asawasiripong for sending their recommendation letters on my behalf to Drexel University to support my application and then acceptance into the PhD program. I’m deeply grateful to Dr. Gerald Terfloth who set the direction for my PhD research and provided an outstanding coaching for my Oral Candidacy Exam. I feel honored to work/ have worked with these true scientists who make significant contributions to science on the daily basis and fulfill GSK mission to help people do more, feel better, live longer. Last, but not least, I would like to thank all my family for their love, commitment and sacrifices. There are no words to express the feelings I have for them, who are my source of strength and inspiration, for their constant unconditional love and support. I would not embark on this endeavor if it was not for them. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... x List of Figures .................................................................................................................. xiv Abstract .......................................................................................................................... xxiii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 1.1. The Birth of Chromatography .................................................................................. 1 1.2. The Evolution of Chromatography .......................................................................... 3 1.3. Development of Bonded Phases for LC ................................................................... 7 1.4. The LC Column ........................................................................................................ 9 1.4.1. Properties of LC Column Packings ................................................................ 10 1.4.1.1. Physical Properties of Column Packings .................................................... 10 1.4.1.2. Column Chemistry ...................................................................................... 13 1.4.1.2.1. Silica Supports......................................................................................... 13 1.4.1.2.1.1. Silica-Based Bonded Phases ................................................................... 14 1.4.1.2.2. Polymeric Packings ................................................................................. 17 1.5. Size-exclusion Chromatography ............................................................................ 18 1.6. Reversed-Phase and HILIC Columns for Size-exclusion Chromatography .......... 21 CHAPTER 2: NON-AQUEOUS SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS ON COMMON REVERSED-PHASE AND HILIC COLUMNS ....................................................................................................................... 25 2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 25 2.2. Theory .................................................................................................................... 29 2.3. Experimental .......................................................................................................... 34 vii 2.3.1. Materials ......................................................................................................... 34 2.3.2. HPLC .............................................................................................................. 35 2.3.3. Sample Preparation ......................................................................................... 37 2.4. Results and Discussion ........................................................................................... 37 2.4.1. Non-aqueous SEC on RP Columns ................................................................ 37 2.4.2. Effect of Column Surface Chemistry on Elution Behavior ............................ 41 2.4.3. Effect of Solute, Eluent and Stationary Phase Polarities on Elution Behavior .. ........................................................................................................................ 43 2.4.4. Effect of Pore Size on Elution Behavior ........................................................ 56 2.5. Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 60 CHAPTER 3: SOLVENT AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN NON-AQUEOUS SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAHPY ON REVERSED-PHASE COLUMNS ... 64 3.1. Introduction ...........................................................................................................