“…Nowadays, mixed-mode chromatography (MMC), which is based on the multi-modal interactions between the stationary phase and solutes in the feedstock, such as electrostatic interaction, hydrophobic interaction, hydrogen bond, thiophilic interaction and so on, has attracted extensive interests due to its convenient usage and excellent performance in protein separation and purification (Burton et al, 1997;Gilar et al, 2008;Jandera, 2008;Yu et al, 2015;Zhao et al, 2009). Generally, the MMC adsorbents show great salt tolerance for protein binding in a wide range of ionic strengths (ISs) Liu et al, 2014a;Liu et al, 2009).…”