Fabrication and evaluation of a carbon-based dual-electrode detector for poly(dimethylsiloxane) electrophoresis chips |
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Authors: | Gawron A J Martin R S Lunte S M |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Bioanalytical Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66047, USA. |
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Abstract: | The first carbon-based dual-electrode detector for microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE) is described. The poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-based microchip CE devices were constructed by reversibly sealing a PDMS layer containing separation and injection channels to another PDMS layer containing carbon fiber working electrodes. End-channel amperometric detection was employed and the performance of the chip was evaluated using catechol. The response was found to be linear between 1 and 600 microM with an experimentally determined limit of detection (LOD) of 500 nM and a sensitivity of 30 pA/microM. Collection efficiencies for catechol ranged from 36.0 to 43.7% at field strengths of 260-615 V/cm. The selectivity that can be gained with these devices is demonstrated by the first CE-based dual-electrode detection of a Cu(II) peptide complex. These devices illustrate the potential for a rugged and easily constructed microchip CE system with an integrated carbon-based detector of similar scale. |
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