Fluorescence monitoring of microchip capillary electrophoresis separation with monolithically integrated waveguides.

Autor: Dongre C; Integrated Optical MicroSystems, MESA Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands. C.Dongre@ewi.utwente.nl, Dekker R, Hoekstra HJ, Pollnau M, Martinez-Vazquez R, Osellame R, Cerullo G, Ramponi R, van Weeghel R, Besselink GA, van den Vlekkert HH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2008 Nov 01; Vol. 33 (21), pp. 2503-5.
DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.002503
Abstrakt: Using femtosecond laser writing, optical waveguides were monolithically integrated into a commercial microfluidic lab-on-a-chip device, with the waveguides intersecting a microfluidic channel. Continuous-wave laser excitation through these optical waveguides confines the excitation window to a width of 12 microm, enabling high-resolution monitoring of the passage of different types of fluorescent analytes when migrating and being separated in the microfluidic channel by microchip capillary electrophoresis. Furthermore, we demonstrate on-chip-integrated waveguide excitation and detection of a biologically relevant species, fluorescently labeled DNA molecules, during microchip capillary electrophoresis. Well-controlled plug formation as required for on-chip integrated capillary electrophoresis separation of DNA molecules, and the combination of waveguide excitation and a low limit of detection, will enable monitoring of extremely small quantities with high spatial resolution.
Databáze: MEDLINE