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Capillary zone electrophoresis of amino acids on a hybrid poly(dimethylsiloxane)-glass chip

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)‐PDMS and hybrid PDMS‐glass devices have been characterized and compared in terms of current‐voltage linearity, contact angle, electroosmotic velocity, electroosmotic mobility, and electrokinetic potential in dependence on the surface treatment. The hybrid PDMS‐glass mic...

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Published in:Electrophoresis 2005-05, Vol.26 (9), p.1849-1860
Main Authors: Mourzina, Yulia, Steffen, Alfred, Kalyagin, Dmitry, Carius, Reinhard, Offenhäusser, Andreas
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Language:English
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Summary:Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)‐PDMS and hybrid PDMS‐glass devices have been characterized and compared in terms of current‐voltage linearity, contact angle, electroosmotic velocity, electroosmotic mobility, and electrokinetic potential in dependence on the surface treatment. The hybrid PDMS‐glass microfluidic devices have further been tested as on‐chip capillary electrophoresis systems for the separation of fluorescently labeled amino acids. It has been demonstrated that different methods of surface pretreatment of the PDMS‐glass devices result in significantly different separation performance, with plate numbers varying from 650 to 57 000 in dependence on the surface state and the nature of the amino acids. Electrophoretic separations of amino acids have been achieved within tens of seconds with detection limits of less than 2 μM (∼2×10−16 to 2.5×10−16 mol quantities at injection volumes of 110–120 pL). The detected amounts of fluorescein isothiocyante (FITC)‐amino acids are at least ten times lower, since the amino acid:FITC ratio is 10:1 mol. The results demonstrate the perspective of such hybrid PDMS‐glass microfluidic systems and the methods to modify their surfaces for on‐chip separation methods for biomolecules.
ISSN:0173-0835
1522-2683
DOI:10.1002/elps.200410295