COSMOSIL 40th Anniversary

From Kyoto

There was a time when gas chromatography was the most powerful separation technique, without any good alternatives. Then liquid chromatography appeared, and it has been gaining popularity since the 1970s. We launched the Cosmosil Development Project to collect information about customers' needs to develop our first HPLC column. In 1980, Cosmosil was born in Kyoto.

Kyoto is well known as old Japan, but its role as a high technology center is less familiar. Companies with cutting-edge technology in entertainment, telecommunication and analytics, as well as academic achievements such as induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) development and identification of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), rose from Kyoto.

This is the place where we were born and continue to grow, the place where history and future are fused. Cosmosil was born and lives here.

To contribute to the development of happiness–this is our creed.

All isomers of dioxin, an environmental toxin, were separated by a research team from Kyoto Institute of Technology using Cosmosil in 1994.

Others' happiness is our own.

What can you contribute to the world with Cosmosil?

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Cosmosil Brand History

Year	Column	Remark
1980	5C18*	Our first column.
1981	5SL*	Normal phase chemistry with 5 µm particle size.
1982	5C18-P, 5CN-R	Expanded reversed-phase selectivity for polar compounds with C18 and cyano phases.
1984	3C18-P, 3C18-P, NH2,5C8, 5TMS	Expanded reversed-phase offerings and introduced our first amino phase.
1985	5PE, 5C18-300, 5C8-300, 5C4-300, 5GPC-100, 5GPC-300	Introduced several columns for protein and polymer analysis.
1988	5GPC-60*	GPC for lower-MW polymers.
1989	PYE	PYE has very high retention and selectivity for pi electrons (double & triple bonds) as well as planar selectivity. It has been used to separate PAHs and other organic pollutants.
1990	5C18-AR, NPE, 5Diol-120, 5Diol-300*	The first versions of our acid-resistant C18 column and size exclusion (SEC) series.
1991	5C18-AR-300	For protein analysis with acidic mobile phase, expanding possibilities for protein analysis.
1992	5C8-AR-300, 5C4-AR-300, Ph-AR-300	Expanded acid-resistant product line.
1993	5C18-MS, Buckyprep	Upgraded our standard C18 column, and introduced our famous Buckyprep for fullerene analysis.
1994	PBB	Preparative column for fullerenes.
1996	5C18-AR-II, NH2-MS, 5CN-MS, 5C8-MS, 5C4-MS, 5TMS-MS, 5PE-MS	Upgraded many of our columns with improved bonding technology.
1997	SL-II, 5C18-P-MS*	Improved our silica column with modern techniques for better peak performance.
2000	5C18-MS-II, 3C18-MS-II, 3C18-AR-II, 3SL-II, 5Diol-120-II, 5Diol-300-II	Modern versions of our C18 and size exclusion series.
2002	5C18-PAQ	Our 100% aqueous C18 column for hydrophilic compounds.
2003	Buckyprep-M, CSP-HPR*, 5C22-AR-II, HIC	Added additional selectivity to our Buckyprep series and introduced our hydrophobic interaction column for protein analysis.
2004	Sugar-D	Introduced our specialty column for saccharide separations.
2005	PBB-R*, Cholester	Introduced Cholester, a reversed-phase column for stereoisomers, and PBB-R, the predecessor to PBr.
2006	HILIC, Protein-R	Developed our unique HILIC phase and a C18 column specialized for protein analysis.
2007	πNAP	Our column for positional isomers and others–like a phenyl column, but stronger.
2008	2.5C18-MS-II, 2.5Cholester	The first of our 2.5 um series.
2009	CNT	Specialty column for carbon nanotubes.
2010	2.5πNAP, IEX series	Introduced our ion exchange series.
2012	3C18-EB, Buckyprep-D	Released 3C18-EB, with our best endcapping technology to date, and additional selectivity for our Buckyprep series.
2013	5PFP, 5PBr, 2.5HILIC	Several columns for alternative selectivity, including PBr, which can retain polar and non-polar compounds in reversed-phase mode.
2014	2.6C18, 2.6Cholester	Introduced our core-shell series with standard C18 and our specialty Cholester phase.
2015	2.6PBr, HP, PY, 5Diol-1000-II	Added PBr to our core-shell series, and introduced our SFC columns.
2017	Chiral series	Introduced our chiral series for separation of optically active compounds.
2019	3Cholester, 3PBr	Further improvement of our particle size lineup for specialty columns.

Legacy products. These are now discontinued, or may be discontinued soon. See our legacy products page for current products.

COSMOSIL Premium Package Limited Edition

We are pleased to inform that a COSMOSIL premium package comes with a HPLC column of the most common chemistry, C18 phase, to commemorate the 40th anniversary. The wood-based column box with the hot-ironed brand logo on the center is available in a limited quantity.

Product number	Bonded phase	Size
38019-81	COSMOSIL 5C18-MS-2 Packed Column	4.6 mm I.D. × 150 mm
38020-41	COSMOSIL 5C18-MS-2 Packed Column	4.6 mm I.D. × 250 mm
38144-31	COSMOSIL 5C18-AR-2 Packed Column	4.6 mm I.D. × 150 mm
38145-21	COSMOSIL 5C18-AR-2 Packed Column	4.6 mm I.D. × 250 mm