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dc.contributor.authorChan, A.
dc.contributor.authorDanquah, Michael
dc.contributor.authorAgyei, D.
dc.contributor.authorHartley, P.
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:36:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:36:05Z
dc.date.created2015-04-30T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationChan, A. and Danquah, M. and Agyei, D. and Hartley, P. and Zhu, Y. 2014. A Simple Microfluidic Chip Design for Fundamental Bioseparation. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. Article ID 175457 (6 pp.).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33262
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2014/175457
dc.description.abstract

A microchip pressure-driven liquid chromatographic system with a packed column has been designed and fabricated by using poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The liquid chromatographic column was packed with mesoporous silica beads of Ia3d space group. Separation of dyes and biopolymers was carried out to verify the performance of the chip. A mixture of dyes (fluoresceinand rhodamine B) and a biopolymer mixture (10 kDa Dextran and 66 kDa BSA) were separated and the fluorescence technique was employed to detect the movement of the molecules. Fluorescein molecule was a nonretained species and rhodamine B was attached onto silica surface when dye mixture in deionized water was injected into the microchannel. The retention times for dextran molecule and BSA molecule in biopolymer separation experiment were 45 s and 120 s, respectively. Retention factor was estimated to be 3.3 for dextran and 10.4 for BSA. The selectivity was 3.2 and resolution was 10.7. Good separation of dyes and biopolymers was achieved and the chip design was verified.

dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporation
dc.titleA Simple Microfluidic Chip Design for Fundamental Bioseparation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume2014
dcterms.source.issn2090-8865
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
curtin.departmentDepartment of Chemical Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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