I'm trying to fractionate polybenzyl acrylate for quite a while to get narrowly distributed fractions of different molecular weight, but I can't get a sufficient separation or I have high molecular weight chains in the late fractions.
I think it is advisable to perform in parallel to SEC experiment a fractional successive precipitation technique. Though it is time and solvent consuming, it has an acceptable accuracy besides its simplicity. Regards
I'm puzzled by the "or I have" implications. How are you determining the Mw and Mn etc. of your collected fractions -- by general (colligative) properties [traditional but roundabout, and requires standards besides!], or by an absolute technique (e.g., low-angle laser light scattering, LALLS) [much better information]?
To check if the separation worked I just used simple SEC measurements (with standards). For the final analysis I use a triple detection SEC with MALLS.