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Atomic force microscope mediated chromatography
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. Mark.S.Anderson@jpl.nasa.gov
Abstract:
An atomic force microscope (AFM) is presented as an instrument for rapid, miniaturized chromatography. The AFM is used to inject a sample, provide shear driven liquid flow over a functionalized substrate, and detect separated components. The components are then analyzed with surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy using AFM deposition of gold nanoparticles on the separated bands. This AFM mediated chromatography (AFM-MC) is demonstrated using lipophilic dyes and normal phase chemistry. A significant reduction in both size and separation time scales is achieved with 25 μm length scale and 1 s separation times. AFM-MC has general applications to trace chemical analysis and microfluidics.
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