In-Channel Electrochemical Detection for Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis Using an Electrically Isolated Potentiostat

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Abstract

A new electrode configuration for microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE) with electrochemical (EC) detection is described. This approach makes it possible to place the working electrode directly in the separation channel. The "in-channel" EC detection was accomplished without the use of a decoupler through the utilization of a specially designed, electrically isolated potentiostat. The effect of the working electrode position on the separation performance (in terms of plate height and peak skew) of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based microchip CEEC devices was evaluated by comparing the more commonly used end-channel configuration with this new in-channel approach. Using catechol as the test analyte, it was found that in-channel EC detection decreased the total plate height by a factor of 4.6 and lowered the peak skew by a factor of 1.3. A similar trend was observed for the small, inorganic ion nitrite. Furthermore, a fluorescent and electrochemically active amino acid derivative was used to directly compare the separation performance of in-channel EC detection to that of a widely used laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection scheme. In this case, it was found that the plate height and peak skew for both detection schemes were essentially equal, and the separation performance of in-channel EC detection is comparable to LIF detection.

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