Specialty SPE

Agilent Bond Elut Specialty SPE

The Agilent Bond Elut Specialty SPE series offers purpose-built solid phase extraction sorbents designed for targeted analytical challenges. These specialized chemistries deliver superior selectivity, cleanliness, and reproducibility for applications ranging from environmental analysis to food safety and biochemical separations. Each Bond Elut Specialty phase is manufactured with rigorous quality control to ensure consistent extraction performance.

Bond Elut Carbon

  • Excellent retention for small polar organics not retained by C18 or polymeric phases
  • Efficient removal of chlorophyll and pigments for cleaner chromatograms and reduced interference

Bond Elut Carbon cartridges are packed with ultrapure graphitized carbon particles that efficiently adsorb pigments and small organic residues from food, fruit, vegetable, and wastewater samples. Their powerful retention mechanisms make them ideal for removing matrix interferences and concentrating trace analytes. Precision manufacturing ensures low carbon fines for cleaner extracts and reproducible recoveries.

Bond Elut Cellulose

  • High-purity microgranular cellulose with high α-cellulose content
  • Stable across a wide pH range with extremely low metal content (Fe, Cu < 5 ppm)
  • Excellent capacity for polar compounds from aqueous and organic phases

Bond Elut Cellulose employs a microgranular cellulose powder packed between precision frits to ensure uniform flow and consistent extraction. Its hydroxyl-rich, polar surface interacts strongly with hydrophilic compounds, providing high loadability and clean separations. The low metal content enhances compatibility with trace-level analytical work.

Bond Elut PCB

  • Dual-phase sorbent for optimized PCB selectivity
  • Consistent reproducibility with optimized bed mass
  • Single-solvent extraction simplifies workflow

Bond Elut PCB is a specialized SPE sorbent engineered for the extraction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from complex matrices. Its dual-phase design provides excellent selectivity and reproducibility. All extractions can be completed using a single solvent, simplifying procedures before GC/ECD analysis.

Bond Elut Mycotoxin

  • Streamlined cleanup method for trichothecenes and zearalenone
  • Compatible with a wide range of food matrices
  • Cost-effective alternative to immunoaffinity columns

Bond Elut Mycotoxin features a proprietary silica-based ion exchange sorbent optimized for the cleanup of food extracts prior to mycotoxin analysis. Delivering performance comparable or superior to immunoaffinity and alumina-based columns, this method offers reduced cost and increased sample throughput without compromising accuracy.

Bond Elut PBA

  • Phenylboronic acid functionality for selective binding of cis-diol compounds
  • High specificity and cleanliness through reversible covalent bonding
  • Ideal for biomolecule separations including carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and catechols

Bond Elut PBA (Phenylboronic Acid) utilizes a boronate affinity mechanism to selectively retain cis-diol-containing compounds via reversible covalent bonding. This provides exceptional specificity for biomolecules such as nucleotides, catechols, carbohydrates, and glycoproteins, while maintaining low background contamination for sensitive downstream analyses.

Bond Elut EnvirElut

  • High-capacity sorbent for large aqueous samples
  • Exceptional cleanliness and reproducibility for environmental extractions

Bond Elut EnvirElut sorbents are engineered for the extraction of herbicides, PAHs, and pesticides from aqueous matrices. The sorbents’ purity minimizes background interference, while their large capacity allows processing of substantial sample volumes. EnvirElut cartridges are compatible with standard Vac Elut manifolds for convenient integration into existing laboratory workflows.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Bond Elut Specialty SPE is best for pigment removal?

Bond Elut Carbon is ideal for pigment removal in food and environmental matrices, effectively eliminating chlorophyll and other interfering compounds for cleaner chromatographic results.

Can Bond Elut Mycotoxin replace immunoaffinity cleanup methods?

Yes. Bond Elut Mycotoxin provides comparable or superior performance to immunoaffinity columns (IAC) for trichothecene and zearalenone cleanup—at lower cost and higher throughput.

What is the main advantage of Bond Elut PBA?

The phenylboronic acid functionality of Bond Elut PBA allows selective binding of cis-diol biomolecules through reversible covalent interactions, offering exceptional specificity and sample purity for biological assays.