Proteomix ion-exchange phases have been innovatively developed for achieving high ion-exchange capacity, a breakthrough technology for non-porous resins. Proteomix packing support is composed of a rigid, spherical, highly cross-linked poly(styrene divinylbenzene) (PS/DVB) non-porous bead with particle size selections of 1.7, 3, 5 and 10 µm. The PS/DVB resin surface is grafted with a highly hydrophilic, neutral polymer thin layer with the thickness in the range of nanometer. The hydrophobic PS/DVB resin surface is totally covered by a hydrophilic coating that eliminates non-specific bindings with biological analytes, leading to high efficiency and high recovery separations for biological molecules. On the top of the hydrophilic layer, ion-exchange functional groups are attached via a proprietary chemistry, resulting in a high capacity ion-exchange layer.
Non-porous Proteomix ion-exchange phases are unique because they combine increased capacity and resolution with their intrinsic advantages of high efficiency and high separation speed. Proteomix ion-exchange phases are especially suitable for high resolution, high efficiency and high recovery separations of proteins, oligonucleotides, peptides, polysaccharides, cell lysates, nanoparticles and nanotubes.