A dynamically modified microfluidic poly(dimethylsiloxane) chip with electrochemical detection for biological analysis

Electrophoresis. 2002 Oct;23(20):3558-66. doi: 10.1002/1522-2683(200210)23:20<3558::AID-ELPS3558>3.0.CO;2-#.

Abstract

Separation and direct detection of amino acids, glucose and peptide in a 3.1 cm separation channel made of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with end-column amperometric detection at a copper microdisk electrode was developed. This system is the integration of a normal sized working electrode with electrochemical detection on a PDMS microfabricated device. The PDMS channels dynamically modified by 2-morpholinoethanesulfonic acid (MES) show less adsorption and more enhanced efficiency than that of unmodified ones when applied to separations of these biological molecules. The migration time is less than 100 s and the reproducibility of migration time is satisfactory with relative standard deviation (RSD) of 2.8% in 19 successive injections. The limits of detection of arginine (Arg), glucose, and methionine-glycine (Met-Gly) are estimated to be 2.0, 8.5, and 64.0 microM at S/N = 3, approximately 0.5-16.0 fmol, respectively. Variances influencing the separation efficiency and amperometric response, including injection, separation voltage, detection potential, or concentration of buffer and additive, are assessed and optimized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkanesulfonic Acids / chemistry
  • Amino Acids / isolation & purification*
  • Arginine / isolation & purification
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Dipeptides / isolation & purification
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Glucose / isolation & purification
  • Microchemistry
  • Miniaturization
  • Morpholines / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface-Active Agents

Substances

  • Alkanesulfonic Acids
  • Amino Acids
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Dipeptides
  • Morpholines
  • Surface-Active Agents
  • methionylglycine
  • 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid
  • Arginine
  • Glucose