Evaluation of primary, secondary and tertiary amino-silanes as stationary phases in gas chromatography

Facile one-step transfer process of graphene

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is emerging as a popular method for growing large-area graphene on metal substrates. For transferring graphene to other substrates the technique generally used involves deposition of a polymer support with subsequent etching of the metal substrate. Here we report a simpler one-step transfer process. Few-layer graphene (FLG) grown on a Cu substrate were transferred to a silanized wafer by just pressing them together. Hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group on FLG and the amine group on silane molecules facilitate the transfer.

Ketoimine modified silica as an adsorbent for gas chromatographic analysis of olefins

New adsorbents for capillary complexation GC have been proposed. The adsorbents contain free ketoimine groups which enable binding copper(II) and chromium(III) chlorides. The adsorbents obtained have been characterised by elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and electron spin resonance. The specific interactions between the adsorbent and adsorbate molecules have been characterised by retention parameters (retention index - I, specific retention volume - Vg, molecular retention index - deltaMe). Attempts were also made at separating mixtures of olefins.