Application of thermal lens microscopy and sweeping for highly sensitive detection in electrophoretic analysis on cycloolefin polymer microchips

F. Kitagawa, T. Tsuneka, Y. Akimoto, J. Mizuno, S. Shoji, K. Otsuka

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Abstract

This paper reports an application of cycloolefin polymer (ZEONEX) as a new commercially available plastic material for microchip electrophoresis (MCE), and an improvement of the detectability for serum and chiral analyses by using sweeping and a thermal lens microscope (TLM) as a detection scheme. In the serum analysis, proteins were successfully detected as sharp peaks on the ZEONEX microchips, while on bare quartz microchips only a broader and weaker peak was observed. On the other hand, chiral analysis of 1-aminoindan on the ZEONEX chip under the sweeping condition provided an efficient separation with a 52-fold sensitivity enhancement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicro Total Analysis Systems - Proceedings of MicroTAS 2005 Conference
Subtitle of host publication9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherTransducer Research Foundation
Pages331-333
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)0974361119, 9780974361116
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Jan 1
Event9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2005 - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: 2005 Oct 92005 Oct 13

Publication series

NameMicro Total Analysis Systems - Proceedings of MicroTAS 2005 Conference: 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
Volume1

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period05/10/905/10/13

Keywords

  • Cycloolefin polymer microchip
  • Microchip electrophoresis
  • Sweeping
  • Thermal lens microscope

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Bioengineering

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