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Gilar M, McDonald TS, Gritti F, Roman GT, Johnson JS, Bunner B, Michienzi JD, Collamati RA, Murphy JP, Satpute DD, Bannon MP, DellaRovere D, Jencks RA, Dourdeville TA, Fadgen KE, Gerhardt GC. Chromatographic performance of microfluidic liquid chromatography devices: Experimental evaluation of straight versus serpentine packed channels. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1533:127-135. [PMID: 29249537 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We prepared a series of planar titanium microfluidic (μLC) columns, each 100 mm long, with 0.15, 0.3 and 0.5 mm i.d.'s. The microfluidic columns were packed with 1.8 μm C18 sorbent and tested under isocratic and gradient conditions. The efficiency and peak capacity of these devices were monitored using a micro LC instrument with minimal extra column dispersion. Columns with serpentine channels were shown to perform worse than those with straight channels. The loss of efficiency and peak capacity was more prominent for wider i.d. columns, presumably due to on-column band broadening imparted by the so-called "race-track" effect. The loss of chromatographic performance was partially mitigated by tapering the turns (reduction in i.d. through the curved region). While good performance was obtained for 0.15 mm i.d. devices even without turn tapering, the performance of 0.3 mm i.d. columns could be brought on par with capillary LC devices by tapering down to 2/3 of the nominal channel width in the turn regions. The loss of performance was not fully compensated for in 0.5 mm devices even when tapering was employed; 30% loss in efficiency and 10% loss in peak capacity was observed. The experimental data for various devices were compared using the expected theoretical relationship between peak capacity Pc and efficiency N; (Pc-1) = N0.5 × const. While straight μLC columns showed the expected behavior, the devices with serpentine channels did not adhere to the plot. The results suggest that the loss of efficiency due to the turns is more pronounced than the corresponding loss of peak capacity.
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- Martin Gilar
- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA.
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA
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- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, USA
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Pan Q, Herr AE. Geometry-induced injection dispersion in single-cell protein electrophoresis. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 1000:214-222. [PMID: 29289313 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Arrays of microwells are widely used to isolate individual cells, facilitate high throughput cytometry assays, and ensure compatibility of those assays with whole-cell imaging. Microwell geometries have recently been utilized for handling and preparation of single-cell lysate, prior to single-cell protein electrophoresis. It is in the context of single-cell electrophoresis that we investigate the interplay of microwell geometry (circular, rectangular, triangular) and transport (diffusion, electromigration) on the subsequent performance of single-cell polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for protein targets. We define and measure injector-induced dispersion during PAGE, and develop a numerical model of band broadening sources, experimentally validate the numerical model, and then identify operating conditions (characterized through the Peclet number, Pe) that lead to microwell-geometry induced losses in separation performance. With analysis of mammalian cells as a case study, we sought to understand at what Pe is the PAGE separation performance adversely sensitized to the microwell geometry. In developing design rules, we find that for the microwell geometries that are the most suitable for isolation of mammalian cells and moderate mass protein targets, the Pe is usually small enough (Pe < ∼20) to mitigate the effect of the microwell geometry on protein PAGE of single-cell lysate. In extreme cases where the largest mammalian cells are analyzed (Pe > ∼20), consideration of Pe suggests using a rectangular - and not the widely used circular - microwell geometry to maximize protein PAGE separation performance.
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- Qiong Pan
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
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Gilar M, McDonald TS, Gritti F. Experimental evaluation of chromatographic performance of capillary and microfluidic columns with linear or curved channels. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1470:76-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gupta V, Talebi M, Deverell J, Sandron S, Nesterenko PN, Heery B, Thompson F, Beirne S, Wallace GG, Paull B. 3D printed titanium micro-bore columns containing polymer monoliths for reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 910:84-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kaji N, Oki A, Ogawa R, Takamura Y, Nishimoto T, Nakanishi H, Horiike Y, Tokeshi M, Baba Y. Influences of electroosmotic flows in nanopillar chips on DNA separation: Experimental results and numerical simulations. Isr J Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1560/ijc.47.2.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fu LM, Leong JC, Lin CF, Tai CH, Tsai CH. High performance microfluidic capillary electrophoresis devices. Biomed Microdevices 2007; 9:405-12. [PMID: 17487587 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-007-9049-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This paper presents a novel microfluidic capillary electrophoresis (CE) device featuring a double-T-form injection system and an expansion chamber located at the inlet of the separation channel. This study addresses the principal material transport mechanisms depending on parameters such as the expansion ratio, the expansion length, the fluid flow. Its design utilizes a double-L injection technique and combines the expansion chamber to minimize the sample leakage effect and to deliver a high-quality sample plug into the separation channel so that the detection performance of the device is enhanced. Experimental and numerical testing of the proposed microfluidic device that integrates an expansion chamber located at the inlet of the separation channel confirms its ability to increase the separation efficiency by improving the sample plug shape and orientation. The novel microfluidic capillary electrophoresis device presented in this paper has demonstrated a sound potential for future use in high-quality, high-throughput chemical analysis applications and throughout the micro-total-analysis systems field.
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- Lung-Ming Fu
- Department of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan 912
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Reversed-phase liquid chromatography on a microchip with sample injector and monolithic silica column. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1132:90-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2006] [Revised: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tsai CH, Hung MF, Chang CL, Chen LW, Fu LM. Optimal configuration of capillary electrophoresis microchip with expansion chamber in separation channel. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1121:120-8. [PMID: 16723132 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This study develops a novel capillary electrophoresis (CE) microfluidic device featuring a conventional cross-form injection system and an expansion chamber located at the inlet of the separation channel. The combined injection system/expansion chamber arrangement is designed to deliver a high-quality sample band into the separation channel such that the detection performance of the device is enhanced. Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the electrokinetic transport processes in the microfluidic device and to establish the optimal configuration of the expansion chamber. The results indicate that an expansion chamber with an expansion ratio of 2.5 and an expansion length of 500 microm delivers a sample plug with the correct shape and orientation. With this particular configuration, the peak intensities of the sample are sharp and clearly distinguishable in the detection region of the separation channel. Therefore, this configuration is well suited for capillary electrophoresis applications which require a highly sensitive resolution of the sample plug. The novel CE microfluidic device developed in this study has an exciting potential for use in high-performance, high-throughput chemical analysis applications and in many other applications throughout the field of micro-total-analysis-systems.
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- Chien-Hsiung Tsai
- Department of Vehicle Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan
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Tsai DM, Lin KW, Zen JM, Chen HY, Hong RH. A new fabrication process for a microchip electrophoresis device integrated with a three-electrode electrochemical detector. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:3007-12. [PMID: 16007698 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report here a novel and simple process for the fabrication of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-based microchip electrophoresis device, integrated with a screen-printed three-electrode electrochemical detector that does not require a replicate mold. In this approach, a photoresist layer constitutes both an adhesion layer and side walls of 50 mum wide and 50 mum tall microfluidic channels on a screen-printed three-electrode PMMA substrate. Openings were drilled for buffer reservoirs on an additional piece of PMMA, then the final device was bonded in a PMMA/photoresist/PMMA sandwich configuration. This process is inexpensive, less time-consuming, and simpler compared with traditional fabrication methods. The combination of this PMMA-based microchip fabrication together with screen-printed electrode technology holds great promise for the mass production of a single-use micrototal analytical system. Successful determination of uric acid and L-ascorbic acid with the presented system validates its utility. In combination with a suitable electrochemical detector, this device holds much promise for the determination of other analytes in various biological samples for medical and clinical diagnosis.
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- Dong-Mung Tsai
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Tian H, Emrich CA, Scherer JR, Mathies RA, Andersen PS, Larsen LA, Christiansen M. High-throughput single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis on a microfabricated capillary array electrophoresis device. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1834-42. [PMID: 15706574 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A high-density 384-lane microfabricated capillary array electrophoresis device is evaluated for high-throughput single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. A delayed back bias direct electrokinetic injection scheme is used to provide better than 10-bp resolution with an 8.0-cm effective separation length. Separation of a HaeIII digest of PhiX174 yielded theoretical plate numbers of 4.0 x 10(6). Using 5% PDMA containing 10% glycerol and 15% urea, 21 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from HFE, MYL2, MYL3, and MYH7 genes associated with hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) and hereditary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are discriminated at two running temperatures (25 degrees C and 40 degrees C), providing 100% sensitivity. The data in this study demonstrate that the 384-lane microCAE device provides the resolution and detection sensitivity required for SSCP analysis, showing its potential for ultrahigh-throughput mutation detection.
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- Huijun Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Fu LM, Yang RJ, Lin CH, Chien YS. A novel microfluidic mixer utilizing electrokinetic driving forces under low switching frequency. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1814-24. [PMID: 15754383 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This paper presents a novel technique in which low-frequency periodic electrokinetic driving forces are utilized to mix electrolytic fluid samples rapidly and efficiently in a double-T-form microfluidic mixer. Without using any additional equipment to induce flow perturbations, only a single high-voltage power source is required for simultaneously driving and mixing the sample fluids which results in a simple and low-cost system for the mixing purpose. The effectiveness of the mixer as a function of the applied electric field and the periodic switching frequency is characterized by the intensity distribution calculated downstream from the mixing zone. The present numerical and experimental results confirm that the proposed double-T-form micromixer has excellent mixing capabilities. The mixing efficiency can be as high as 95% within a mixing length of 1000 microm downstream from the secondary T-junction when a 100 V/cm driving electric field strength and a 2 Hz periodic switching frequency are applied. The results reveal that the optimal switching frequency depends upon the magnitude of the main applied electrical field. The rapid double-T-form microfluidic mixer using the periodic driving voltage switching model proposed in this study has considerable potential for use in lab-on-a-chip systems.
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- Lung-Ming Fu
- Graduate Institute of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Microfluidic systems show considerable potential for use in the continuous reaction and analysis of biosamples for various applications, such as drug screening and chemical synthesis. Typically, microfluidic chips are externally connected with large-scale autosamplers to inject specific volumes of discrete samples in the continuous monitoring and analysis of multiple samples. This paper presents a novel microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based autosampler capable of performing the discrete injection and dispensation of variable-volume samples. This microdevice can be integrated with other microfluidic devices to facilitate the continuous monitoring and analysis of multiple biosamples. By means of electroosmotic focusing and switching controlled by the direct application of electric sources on specific fluid reservoirs, a precise sample volume can be injected into the specified outlet port. Fluorescence dye images verify the performance of the developed device. An injection-and-washing scheme is developed to prevent cross-contamination during the continuous injection of different samples. This approach renders feasible the injection of several discrete samples using a single microchip. Compared to its large-scale counterparts, the developed microautosampler is compact in size, has low fabrication costs, is straightforward to control, and most importantly, is readily integrated with other microfluidic devices (e.g., microcapillary electrophoresis chips) to form a microfluidic system capable of the continuous monitoring and analysis of bioreactions. The proposed microautosampler could be promising towards realizing the micrototal analysis system (mu-TAS) concept.
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- Chun-Wei Huang
- Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701
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Fiechtner GJ, Cummings EB. Low-dispersion electrokinetic flows for expanded separation channels in microfluidic systems:. J Chromatogr A 2004; 1027:245-57. [PMID: 14971509 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2003.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel methodology to design on-chip conduction channels is presented for expansion of low-dispersion separation channels. Designs are examined using two-dimensional numerical solutions of the Laplace equation with a Monte Carlo technique to model diffusion. The design technique relies on trigonometric relations that apply for ideal electrokinetic flows. Flows are rotated and stretched along the abrupt interface between adjacent regions having differing specific permeability. Multiple interfaces can be placed in series along a channel. The resulting channels can be expanded to extreme widths while minimizing dispersion of injected analyte bands. These channels can provide a long path length for line-of-sight optical absorption measurements. Expanded sections can be reduced to enable point detection at the exit section of the channel. Designed to be shallow, these channels have extreme aspect ratios in the wide section, greatly increasing the surface-to-volume ratio to increase heat removal and decrease unwanted pressure-driven flow. The use of multiple interfaces is demonstrated by considering several three-interface designs. Faceted flow splitters can be constructed to divide channels into any number of exit channels while minimizing dispersion. The resulting manifolds can be used to construct medians for structural support in wide, shallow channels.
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- Gregory J Fiechtner
- Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 969, MS 9951, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
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