Abstract

A simple and efficient method was developed for fabrication of an anionic sample preconcentrator on a channel of a commercial poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-made microchip using no photolithography or etching technique. The originality of our preconcentrator is based on simple photochemical copolymerization of monomers using the following procedure: All channels of the PMMA-made microchip were filled with gel solution comprising acrylamide, N,N'-methylene-bisacrylamide, and 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid with riboflavin as a photocatalytic initiator. In situ polymerization near the cross of the sample outlet channel was performed by irradiation with an argon ion laser beam, which is also used as the light source for fluorometric detection. The electrokinetic property and electric repulsion between sample components and anionic groups on the polyacrylamide gel layer produce, trap, and concentrate anions within a few minutes at the interface of the cathodic side of the gel layer. This method displays concentration factors as high as 10 (5). The availability of ionic preconcentrator was demonstrated by applying sensitive analysis of oligosaccharides labeled with 8-aminopyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonate and some glycoproteins labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate under various buffer systems.

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