Issue 2, 2006

Multiplexed detection of nitrate and nitrite for capillary electrophoresis with an automated device for high injection efficiency

Abstract

A simple automated nanoliter scale injection device which allows for reproducible 5 nL sample injections from samples with a volume of <1 µL is successfully used for conventional capillary electrophoresis (CE) and Hadamard transform (HT) CE detection. Two standard fused silica capillaries are assembled axially through the device to function as an injection and a separation capillary. Sample solution is supplied to the injection capillary using pressure controlled with a solenoid valve. Buffer solution flows gravimetrically by the junction of the injection and separation capillaries and is also gated with a solenoid valve. Plugs of sample are pushed into the space between the injection and separation capillaries for electrokinectic injection. To evaluate the performance of the injection device, several optimizations are performed including the influence of flow rates, the injected sample volume and the control of the buffer transverse flow on the overall sensitivity. The system was then applied to HT-CE-UV detection for the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) improvement of the nitric oxide (NO) metabolites, nitrite and nitrate. In addition, signal averaging was performed to explore the possibility of greater sensitivity enhancements compared to single injections.

Graphical abstract: Multiplexed detection of nitrate and nitrite for capillary electrophoresis with an automated device for high injection efficiency

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Jul 2005
Accepted
02 Nov 2005
First published
22 Nov 2005

Analyst, 2006,131, 222-228

Multiplexed detection of nitrate and nitrite for capillary electrophoresis with an automated device for high injection efficiency

L. Gao, E. E. Patterson II and S. A. Shippy, Analyst, 2006, 131, 222 DOI: 10.1039/B510156E

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