Capillary Electrophoresis Sensitivity Enhancement Based on Adaptive Moving Average Method
| Autor: | Audrius Maruška, Tomas Drevinskas, Jelena Gorbatsova, Mihkel Kaljurand, Laimutis Telksnys |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Signal processing
Chemistry Capillary action Instrumentation 010401 analytical chemistry 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Analytical Chemistry Electropherogram Electrophoresis Capillary electrophoresis Moving average Sensitivity (control systems) 0210 nano-technology Biological system |
| Zdroj: | Analytical Chemistry. 90:6773-6780 |
| ISSN: | 1520-6882 0003-2700 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00664 |
| Popis: | In the present work, we demonstrate a novel approach to improve the sensitivity of the "out of lab" portable capillary electrophoretic measurements. Nowadays, many signal enhancement methods are (i) underused (nonoptimal), (ii) overused (distorts the data), or (iii) inapplicable in field-portable instrumentation because of a lack of computational power. The described innovative migration velocity-adaptive moving average method uses an optimal averaging window size and can be easily implemented with a microcontroller. The contactless conductivity detection was used as a model for the development of a signal processing method and the demonstration of its impact on the sensitivity. The frequency characteristics of the recorded electropherograms and peaks were clarified. Higher electrophoretic mobility analytes exhibit higher-frequency peaks, whereas lower electrophoretic mobility analytes exhibit lower-frequency peaks. On the basis of the obtained data, a migration velocity-adaptive moving average algorithm was created, adapted, and programmed into capillary electrophoresis data-processing software. Employing the developed algorithm, each data point is processed depending on a certain migration time of the analyte. Because of the implemented migration velocity-adaptive moving average method, the signal-to-noise ratio improved up to 11 times for sampling frequency of 4.6 Hz and up to 22 times for sampling frequency of 25 Hz. This paper could potentially be used as a methodological guideline for the development of new smoothing algorithms that require adaptive conditions in capillary electrophoresis and other separation methods. |
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