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Ionic liquid-assisted PDMS microchannel modification for efficiently resolving fluorescent dye and protein

Yuanhong Xu¹, Hong Jiang, Erkang Wang

¹State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin, PR China.

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|December 12, 2007

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A novel hybrid system using ionic liquid (IL) and nonionic surfactant dynamically modifies PDMS microchips, effectively suppressing analyte adsorption. This advancement enhances microchip electrophoresis performance for sensitive sample analysis.

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Area of Science:

Analytical Chemistry
Materials Science

Background:

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic devices are susceptible to analyte adsorption, hindering sensitive detection.
Dynamic modification of microchip surfaces is crucial for improving separation efficiency and suppressing non-specific binding.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a hybrid system of ionic liquid (IL) and nonionic surfactant for dynamic modification of PDMS microchips.
To investigate the suppression of analyte adsorption (fluorescent dyes, proteins) on PDMS surfaces.
To enhance microchip electrophoresis (MCE) performance through improved electroosmotic flow (EOF) and sample stacking.

Main Methods:

Development of a hybrid ionic liquid-surfactant system for PDMS microchip modification.
Characterization of the system's functions using microchip electrophoresis and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
Evaluation of electroosmotic flow (EOF) generation and field-amplified sample stacking (FASS) effects.
Demonstration of analyte adsorption suppression and sensitive determination of rhodamine B and proteins.

Main Results:

The IL-surfactant system effectively suppressed adsorption of fluorescent dyes and proteins on PDMS.
Soluble IL increased EOF in PDMS microchannels compared to traditional buffers.
On-column FASS effect was significantly enhanced (four-fold) due to IL's high ionic conductivity.
Synergistic effect between IL and surfactant improved analyte adsorption resolution, enabling sensitive determination (8 nM LOD for rhodamine B).

Conclusions:

The hybrid IL-surfactant system offers a novel approach for dynamic PDMS microchip modification.
This system significantly enhances MCE performance by increasing EOF and FASS, and reducing analyte adsorption.
The developed method allows for sensitive and efficient separation and determination of analytes.