Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Electrophoresis microchip with integrated waveguides for simultaneous native UV fluorescence and absorbance detection

Ohlsson, Pelle D. LU orcid ; Ordeig, Olga ; Mogensen, Klaus B. and Kutter, Jörg P. (2009) In Electrophoresis 30(24). p.4172-4178
Abstract

Simultaneous label-free detection of UV absorbance and native UV-excited fluorescence in an electrophoresis microchip is presented. UV transparent integrated waveguides launch light at a wavelength of 254 nm from a mercury lamp along the length of a 1-mm long detection cell. Transmitted UV light is collected by another waveguide in the opposite end of the detection cell, while visible fluorescence is collected vertically through the lid of the chip. The background of scattered excitation light is suppressed by detection perpendicular to the excitation, the limited UV transparency of the borosilicate lid and by choosing a PMT insensitive to the excitation light. This way, the need for a fluorescence filter is eliminated. Calibration... (More)

Simultaneous label-free detection of UV absorbance and native UV-excited fluorescence in an electrophoresis microchip is presented. UV transparent integrated waveguides launch light at a wavelength of 254 nm from a mercury lamp along the length of a 1-mm long detection cell. Transmitted UV light is collected by another waveguide in the opposite end of the detection cell, while visible fluorescence is collected vertically through the lid of the chip. The background of scattered excitation light is suppressed by detection perpendicular to the excitation, the limited UV transparency of the borosilicate lid and by choosing a PMT insensitive to the excitation light. This way, the need for a fluorescence filter is eliminated. Calibration curves were measured for serotonin, tryptophan, propranolol and acetaminophen, and separations of the four compounds were demonstrated by electrophoresis and MEKC. All compounds could be detected in the micromolar range by absorbance detection, but fluorescence detection improved detection limits for compounds displaying native UV fluorescence up to ten times. The simultaneous detection also proved useful for the identification of compounds with similar retention times and even enables accurate quantification of co-eluting compounds.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; and
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Absorbance detection, Microchip electrophoresis, Microfluidics, Native UV fluorescence, Waveguides
in
Electrophoresis
volume
30
issue
24
pages
7 pages
publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
external identifiers
  • pmid:20013903
  • scopus:72749108404
ISSN
0173-0835
DOI
10.1002/elps.200900393
language
English
LU publication?
no
id
5fda303b-af11-48a8-bf3c-a6fd92189cc7
date added to LUP
2017-12-06 15:14:54
date last changed
2024-02-13 12:28:36
@article{5fda303b-af11-48a8-bf3c-a6fd92189cc7,
  abstract     = {{<p>Simultaneous label-free detection of UV absorbance and native UV-excited fluorescence in an electrophoresis microchip is presented. UV transparent integrated waveguides launch light at a wavelength of 254 nm from a mercury lamp along the length of a 1-mm long detection cell. Transmitted UV light is collected by another waveguide in the opposite end of the detection cell, while visible fluorescence is collected vertically through the lid of the chip. The background of scattered excitation light is suppressed by detection perpendicular to the excitation, the limited UV transparency of the borosilicate lid and by choosing a PMT insensitive to the excitation light. This way, the need for a fluorescence filter is eliminated. Calibration curves were measured for serotonin, tryptophan, propranolol and acetaminophen, and separations of the four compounds were demonstrated by electrophoresis and MEKC. All compounds could be detected in the micromolar range by absorbance detection, but fluorescence detection improved detection limits for compounds displaying native UV fluorescence up to ten times. The simultaneous detection also proved useful for the identification of compounds with similar retention times and even enables accurate quantification of co-eluting compounds.</p>}},
  author       = {{Ohlsson, Pelle D. and Ordeig, Olga and Mogensen, Klaus B. and Kutter, Jörg P.}},
  issn         = {{0173-0835}},
  keywords     = {{Absorbance detection; Microchip electrophoresis; Microfluidics; Native UV fluorescence; Waveguides}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{24}},
  pages        = {{4172--4178}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Electrophoresis}},
  title        = {{Electrophoresis microchip with integrated waveguides for simultaneous native UV fluorescence and absorbance detection}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.200900393}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/elps.200900393}},
  volume       = {{30}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}