“…20 E4 (NaH 2 PO 4 100 mM, pH 8) also did not elute high proportions of DFOB (16.9 ± 0.4%), despite the well documented ability of inorganic phosphate to compete for TiO 2 binding sites. 20,39,40 The same was observed for E5 (3.5 ± 0.4%), that contained 25 times less phosphate at a higher pH. Only the combination of high pH and a high concentration of phosphate resulted in quantitative DFOB recoveries (91.9 ± 3.3%) from TiO 2 (E7, NaH 2 PO 4 100 mM, pH 12.6).…”