Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 32, Issue 6-7, Pages 699-704Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000562
Keywords
CE microchip; Contactless conductivity detection; Lock-in amplifier; PDMS
Funding
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [09391911500, 10391901600, 1052nm06100]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- German Helmholtz Association
- German BMBF at DLR [CHW09/009]
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A contactless conductivity detector integrated into a poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchip for electrophoresis is presented. It adopted the simplest configuration of electrodes commonly used in this detection mode for capillary electrophoresis microchips. Although the chip is based on a simple and effective design, it is able to obtain low detection levels due to the low noise of the detection circuit. A circuit based on a lock-in amplifier was designed on printed circuit boards to read out the signal. The property of the detection cell was studied by applying excitation signals of different frequencies and different amplitudes. It was found that the best detection limit could be achieved with a frequency of 50 kHz and amplitude of 20 V. The performance of the detector was demonstrated by successfully separating and detecting several inorganic ions and also a mixture of heavy metal ions. An average detection limit of 0.4 mu M was obtained for inorganic cations. This value is significantly improved compared to similar microchip-based detectors. The presented detector could be promising for mass production due to its properties, such as simple construction, high degree of integration, high performance and low cost.
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