Migration of bacteria through a monolith.

The separation of bacteria by electromigration techniques was a subject of several of our previous papers. This contribution presents the results of investigation of the porosity of the monolithic bed and migration of Staphylococcus aureus cells through it. The gigaporous monolith was thermally synthesized using glycidyl methacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate as the monomers in the presence of porogen solvent containing 1-decanol, polyethylene glycol and 2-methoxyethanol.

Determination of volatile and non-volatile products of milk fermentation processes using capillary zone electrophoresis and solid phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography.

The aim of the investigations was to develop analytical methods for the determination of selected volatile and non-volatile organic compounds numbering among the final products of milk fermentation. The analyzed compounds were as follows: biacetyl and carboxylic acids (formic, acetic, citric, and lactic). The model yogurt was prepared under controlled conditions in our laboratory by addition of the selected bacteria (Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus) to the milk sample.

Restricted-access media development for direct analysis of drugs in biofluids using capillary liquid chromatography.

In analytical sciences the design of novel materials and stationary phases for the sample preparation and separation of analytes from biological fluids is needed. In this work we present different strategies for modification of stationary phases to produce tailored solutions for the analytical problem. In this context a novel shielded polymeric reversed-phase monolithic material was prepared in the presence of different numbers of reactive groups and concentrations of the coating polymer.

Coupling of solid-phase microextraction continuous bed (monolithic) capillaries with capillary zone electrophoresis for direct analysis of drugs in biological fluids.

Hyperlink robust biocompatible solid-phase microextraction (SPME) devices were prepared using continuous bed (monolithic) restricted-access media (RAM) as the SPME capillary insert. The RAM-based SPME approach was able to simultaneously separate proteins from a biological sample, while directly extracting the active components of caffeine, paracetamol and acetylsalicylic acid from the drug NeoCitramonum. The devices were interfaced with a CZE system and fully automated analysis for sample preconcentration, desorption, separation and quantification of analytes was evaluated.

Considerations on influence of charge distribution on determination of biomolecules and microorganisms and tailoring the monolithic (continuous bed) materials for bioseparations.

The importance of continuous beds (monoliths) as separation materials is connected with their better chromatographic properties and easier preparation in comparison to particulate-packed columns. Moreover the tuning of porosity as well as surface chemistry can lead to obtaining of highly selective materials, especially useful in separation of biologically important compounds or even microorganisms. To obtain high selectivity for such analytes as e.

A simplified synthesis of polymeric nonparticulate stationary phases with macrocyclic antibiotic as chiral selector for capillary electrochromatography.

A simplified approach to synthesize nonparticulate (continuous or monolithic) beds with embedded vancomycin chiral selectors for capillary electrochromatography is proposed. In the present approach, N,N'-diallyltartardiamide monomer with diol functionality is used, which can be readily converted to aldehyde groups via periodate treatment. Parallel to the activation of the polymeric matrix for covalent attachment of vancomycin, the periodate treatment has shown secondary effects on the polymeric bed morphology, namely the increase of the average pore size and porosity of the skeleton.

Non-particulate (continuous bed or monolithic) restricted-access reversed-phase media for sample clean-up and separation by capillary-format liquid chromatography.

Restricted-access reversed-phase non-particulate (continuous bed or monolithic) stationary phases of different hydrophobicity synthesized in 100 microm i.d. fused silica capillaries have been evaluated.