In-line coupling of two-phase single drop microextraction and large volume stacking using an electroosmotic flow pump in nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis

In order to improve the concentration sensitivity of capillary electrophoresis (CE), two sample preconcentration techniques, single drop microextraction (SDME) and large volume stacking using an electroosmotic flow pump (LVSEP), were coupled in-line in a commercial CE instrument. By simple programmi...

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Published in:Journal of Chromatography A 2009-09, Vol.1216 (37), p.6466-6470
Main Authors: Choi, Kihwan, Jin, Yoo Gon, Chung, Doo Soo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Analytical chemistry
Chemistry
Chromatographic methods and physical methods associated with chromatography
Commercial instrument
Exact sciences and technology
In-line coupling
Large volume stacking using an electroosmotic flow pump
Nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis
Other chromatographic methods
Single drop microextraction
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Summary:In order to improve the concentration sensitivity of capillary electrophoresis (CE), two sample preconcentration techniques, single drop microextraction (SDME) and large volume stacking using an electroosmotic flow pump (LVSEP), were coupled in-line in a commercial CE instrument. By simple programming of liquid handling sequences, a pentanol drop was prepared at the tip of a fused silica capillary over which a Teflon tube had been sleeved to serve as a hydrophobic support. After extraction of the analytes from an aqueous donor solution into the drop, the entire capillary column was filled with enriched pentanol extract. LVSEP, in which the sample matrix is automatically removed by the EOF, was then carried out using a methanolic run buffer. The overall enrichment factors for the analytes pentachlorophenol (PCP), 3-bromobenzoic acid (3-BBA), and 4-iodobenzoic acid (4-IBA), from a combination of 30 min SDME and LVSEP on a 27 cm capillary, were about 7000, even without agitation of the donor solution. The resulting limits of detection for PCP, 3-BBA, and 4-IBA were 0.7, 0.3 and 0.7 nM, respectively. Since no modification of the existing CE instrument is necessary and a bare capillary is used for LVSEP, this scheme can be adapted quite easily for many CE applications that require high concentration sensitivity.
ISSN:0021-9673
DOI:10.1016/j.chroma.2009.07.047