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On-chip solid phase extraction coupled with electrophoresis using modified magnetic microspheres as stationary phase

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A poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)/glass hybrid microchip for on-line solid phase extraction (SPE) and electrophoresis separation has been developed and evaluated. The SPE microchannel was crossed to the electrophoresis microchannel. All the microfluidic channels were etched on the glass substrate. The magnetic microspheres were coated with hydroxyl-terminated poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS-OH) serving as extraction phase, which could be conveniently immobilized into the sample pretreatment channel by magnetic field. The PDMS-OH microspheres were mobilized into and out of the pretreatment channel by injection flow. The 0.1 μmol/L solution of fluorescence isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled phenylalanine (Phe) was electrically injected into the SPE channel and extracted onto the PDMS-OH microspheres bed. The enriched FITC-labeled Phe was electrically eluted by 9 mmol/L sodium acetate containing 10% acetonitrile and electrically driven into the electrophoresis channel and then separated. The preconcentration factor could reach 87.5 after sufficient extraction. A linear preconcentration curve was obtained with the initial FITC-labeled Phe concentration ranging from 6 nmol/L to 300 nmol/L (R 2=0.9922) with 200 s loading time. The detection limit (S/N=3) for the FITC-labeled Phe was 3 nmol/L.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20605018 & 30772006) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2072018)

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Li, H., Li, H., Chen, Z. et al. On-chip solid phase extraction coupled with electrophoresis using modified magnetic microspheres as stationary phase. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 52, 2287–2294 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-009-0285-7

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