In the chromatog. separation of peptides, proteins, and other biol. mols., and when culturing cells on particulate media, it is frequently necessary to avoid the use of organic solvents or high salt concentrations in the mobile phase, which can cause sample denaturation.The complete avoidance of organic solvents is also advantageous for environmental reasons.Polymers that display a physicochem. response to stimuli have been utilized widely by a variety of scientists (e. g., Okano et. al. , Hoffman et. al. ) for drug delivery systems, cell culture substrates, and bioconjugates.Stimuli studied to date include chem. substances, and changes in temperature, pH, light and elec. fields.However, there have been few reports on the use of stimulus-responsive polymers in chromatog. separations, where altering phys. conditions strongly affects surface properties of the stationary phase.We have covalently attached different stimulus-responsive polymers to a support matrix.These new matrixes were then characterised and chromatog. evaluated.The responsive media show different separation behavior than regular media.