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Microfluidic membrane suppressor module design and evaluation for capillary ion chromatography.

Sam Wouters¹, Cees Bruggink², Yury Agroskin³

¹Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium.

Journal of Chromatography. A

|January 17, 2017

Summary

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A new microfluidic ion-suppression module for ion-exchange chromatography was developed. A styrene-sulfonate grafted FEP membrane demonstrated superior performance over Nafion, enabling efficient separation of inorganic anions.

Keywords:

Band broadening Inorganic anions Ion-exchange chromatography Miniaturization Suppressed conductivity detection

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Area of Science:

Analytical Chemistry
Separation Science
Microfluidics

Background:

Ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) is a powerful separation technique.
Ion suppression is crucial for sensitive detection in IEC.
Existing ion suppressors face limitations in efficiency and throughput.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel microfluidic ion-suppression module for IEC.
To compare the performance of different membrane materials for ion suppression.
To optimize the suppressor for enhanced sensitivity and throughput in anion analysis.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of a microfluidic device with integrated ion-exchange membranes.
Comparison of Nafion and styrene-sulfonate grafted FEP membranes for suppression efficacy.
Optimization of suppressor operating parameters (temperature, regenerant concentration).
Evaluation of band-broadening and system efficiency with capillary columns.
Construction and testing of a double-sided suppressor design.

Main Results:

The styrene-sulfonate grafted FEP membrane outperformed Nafion in suppression efficacy and dynamic range.
Optimized conditions allowed for gradient separations with up to 70mM KOH.
The microfluidic suppressor achieved a dynamic capacity of 0.35 μEq./min.
Comparable system efficiency to commercial hollow-fiber suppressors was achieved.
A double-sided suppressor design increased sample throughput and allowed higher flow rates.

Conclusions:

The developed microfluidic ion-suppression module offers efficient and robust performance for IEC.
The styrene-sulfonate grafted FEP membrane is a promising material for microfluidic suppressors.
The device is suitable for sensitive analysis of inorganic anions using both isocratic and gradient elution.
The double-sided design presents a pathway for further improvements in sample throughput.