Delicious not siliceous: expanded carbohydrates as renewable separation media for column chromatography.
Expansion of native corn starch produces a high surface area mesoporous material capable of acting as a novel stationary phase for separating various mixtures of compounds.
Budarin
Vitaly
V
Centre for Clean Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UKYO10 5DD.
Clark
James H
JH
Deswarte
Fabien E I
FE
Hardy
Jeffrey J E
JJ
Hunt
Andrew J
AJ
Kerton
Francesca M
FM
D000327:Adsorption; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010316:Particle Size; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013213:Starch