On-chip capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection using "injected" metal electrodes.

Autor: Thredgold LD; Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia., Khodakov DA, Ellis AV, Lenehan CE
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Analyst [Analyst] 2013 Aug 07; Vol. 138 (15), pp. 4275-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 10.
DOI: 10.1039/c3an00870c
Abstrakt: We demonstrate the use of injected gallium electrodes for capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (C(4)D) within a microchip electrophoresis device. Evaluation of the electrodes for quantitative detection of electrophoretically separated lithium, sodium and potassium ions showed the system offers competitive detection limits of 6.1 × 10(-6) M, 6.7 × 10(-6) M and 8.5 × 10(-6) M, respectively. The fabrication process is fast, highly reproducible, and eliminates difficulties with electrode alignment. Using this approach C(4)D can be readily achieved in any microchip by simply adding extra 'electrode' channels to the microchip design.
Databáze: MEDLINE