Abstract
In many areas, studying photostability or the mechanism of photodegradation is of high importance. Conventional methods to do so can be rather time-consuming, laborious, and prone to experimental errors. In this paper we evaluate an integrated and fully automated system for the study of light-induced degradation, comprising a liquid handler, an irradiation source and exposure cell with dedicated optics and spectrograph, and a liquid chromatography (LC) system. A liquid core waveguide (LCW) was used as an exposure cell, allowing efficient illumination of the sample over a 12 cm path length. This cell was coupled to a spectrograph, allowing in situ absorbance monitoring of the exposed sample during irradiation. The LCW is gas-permeable, permitting diffusion of air into the cell during light exposure. This unit was coupled online to LC with diode array detection for immediate and automated analysis of the composition of the light-exposed samples. The analytical performance of the new system was established by assessing linearity, limit of detection, and repeatability of the in-cell detection, sample recovery and carryover, and overall repeatability of light-induced degradation monitoring, using riboflavin as the test compound. The applicability of the system was demonstrated by recording a photodegradation time profile of riboflavin.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7647-7654 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Analytical chemistry |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| Early online date | 19 May 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the Precision Mechanics and Engineering Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and in particular Dirk van Iperen and Lars Eeuwijk, for their role in the design and production of the LID cell. This work is part of the TooCOLD project (Toolbox for studying the Chemistry Of Light-induced Degradation; Project Number 15506) carried out in the TTW Open Technology Programme and is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Chemical Society.
Funding
We would like to thank the Precision Mechanics and Engineering Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and in particular Dirk van Iperen and Lars Eeuwijk, for their role in the design and production of the LID cell. This work is part of the TooCOLD project (Toolbox for studying the Chemistry Of Light-induced Degradation; Project Number 15506) carried out in the TTW Open Technology Programme and is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
