화학공학소재연구정보센터
Electrophoresis, Vol.34, No.14, 2058-2064, 2013
The use of a multichannel capillary for electrophoretic separations of mixtures of clinically important substances with contactless conductivity and UV photometric detection
A fused-silica capillary with a common outer diameter, 360 m, but containing seven internal channels, each 28 m in diameter (a multichannel capillary), has been tested on electrophoretic separations of mixtures of dopamine, adrenaline, and noradrenaline, using a contactless conductivity and UV photometric detection. It has been demonstrated that the sensitivity of the detection of these neurotransmitters in multichannel capillary, in comparison with those obtained for a standard singlechannel capillary with similar cross-sectional area, is comparable to that for the contactless conductivity and is about 50% higher for the UV photometry. The sensitivity is increased without loss of the separation efficiency, in contrast to UV detection with bubble cell. Further possibilities of using a multichannel capillary are demonstrated on separations of mixtures of inorganic cations (K+, Ba2+, Na+, Mg2+, and Li+) and mixtures of glucose and ribose. The main advantage of multi-channel capillary in comparison with a singlechannel capillary with the same cross-sectional area becomes apparent in separations in background electrolytes of high conductivity.