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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
An electrokinetic injection technique is described which uses a nuclear track-etched nanocapillary array to inject sample plugs from one layer of a microfluidic device into another vertically separated layer for electrophoretic separations. Gated injection protocols for analyte separations, reported here, establish nanocapillary array interconnects as a route to multilevel microfluidic analytical designs. The hybrid nanofluidic/microfluidic gated injection protocol allows sample preparation and separation to be implemented in separate horizontal planes, thereby achieving multilayer integration. Repeated injections and separations of FITC-labeled arginine and tryptophan, using 200-nm pore-diameter capillary array injectors in place of traditional cross injectors are used to demonstrate gated injection with a bias configuration that uses relay switching of a single high-voltage source. Injection times as rapid as 0.3 s along with separation reproducibilities as low as 1% for FITC-labeled arginine exemplify the capability for fast, serial separations and analyses. Impedance analysis of the micro-/nanofluidic network is used to gain further insight into the mechanism by which this actively controlled nanofluidic-interconnect injection method works. Gated sample introduction via a nanocapillary array interconnect allows the injection and separation protocols to be optimized independently, thus realizing the versatility needed for real-world implementation of rapid, serial microchip analyses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2224-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Nanocapillary array interconnects for gated analyte injections and electrophoretic separations in multilayer microfluidic architectures.
pubmed:affiliation
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't