Size exclusion chromatography was performed on a Dionex Ultimate 3000RSLC system (ThermoScientific, Sunnyvale USA) with RI detection. The columns were TOSOH TSKgel G3000PWXL-CP (7.8 x 300 mm, 7 μm) and TOSOH TSKgel G-oligoPW (7.8 x3 00 mm, 7 μm) coupled in series and operated isocratically at 1 mL/min with 0.1 M NaNO3 as the mobile phase. Samples were dissolved in the mobile phase. The system was calibrated with DIN-pullulan standards with molecular masses of 6 kDa, 12 kDa, 22 kDa, 50 kDa and 110 kDa (PSS Polymer Standards Service, Mainz, Germany). Chromatography data were exported and treated by WinGPC Scientific v 6.20 software for estimation of average molecular weights, degree of polymerization, average molecular mass, and dispersity [21 (link)].
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