Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques
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Research Article

Plasma Treatment-Promising Tool for Preparation of Disposable Monolithic Columns

Ita Junkar^1*, Gregor Primc¹, Tanja Mivsek², Matic Resnik^1,3, Janez Kovac¹, Andrijana Sever Skapin⁴, Ales Podgornik² and Miran Mozetic¹

¹Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

² University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vecna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

³ Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

⁴ Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimiceva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

*Corresponding Author:

Ita Junkar
Jamova cesta 39
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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E-mail: ita.junkar@ijs.si

Received date: May 29, 2015; Accepted date: June 25, 2015; Published date: July 02, 2015

Citation: Junkar I, Primc G, Mivsek T, Resnik M, Kovac J, et al. (2015) Plasma Treatment-Promising Tool for Preparation of Disposable Monolithic Columns. J Anal Bioanal Tech 6:253 doi: 10.4172/2155-9872.1000253

Copyright: © 2015 Junkar I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Atmospheric pressure plasma jet was employed to improve adhesion between polypropylene (PP) column wall and monolith used in chromatography. Different treatment conditions for modification of PP tube were used and the effects of treatment were analysed with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Modified surfaces had higher oxygen content and surface was covered with small grain like structures. To explore effects of modification on adhesion between PP tube and monolith tensile strength measurements were conducted. It was shown that appropriate treatment conditions significantly increased bonding strength. The improvement of adhesion was attributed to increased oxygen functional groups obtained from plasma.

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