Inner surface modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannel with chitin for electrophoretic analysis of proteins

• Published in: Microfluidics and nanofluidics Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 933 - 941
• Main Authors: Sueyoshi, Kenji, Hori, Yusuke, Otsuka, Koji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorption; Analytical Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Chitin; Electrophoresis; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Microchannels; Microfluidics; Nanostructure; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Proteins; Research Paper; Separation; Separation techniques; Surface chemistry; Vacuum drying; Inner surface modification; Chitin; Microchip electrophoresis; Protein analysis; Poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchannel

Microchip electrophoresis in a poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic device is one of the versatile separation techniques in a micro total analysis system, while an unstable electroosmotic flow depending on an inner surface of a microchannel and a nonspecific adsorption of biogenic compounds onto the...