Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Journal articles
  4. Microfluidic Protein Preconcentrator Using a Microchannel-Integrated Nafion Strip: Experiment and Modeling
 
research article

Microfluidic Protein Preconcentrator Using a Microchannel-Integrated Nafion Strip: Experiment and Modeling

Shen, M.  
•
Yang, H.
•
Sivagnanam, V.
Show more
2010
Analytical Chemistry

We propose a simple microfluidic device for protein preconcentration based on the electrokinetic trapping principle. It comprises a narrow Nafion strip that is simply cut from a commercial membrane and is integrated into a molded poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic structure using a guiding channel. Mechanically clamping the PDMS/Nafion assembly with a glass substrate results in a rapid prototypable, leak-tight, and easily disposable device. Our device preconcentrates negatively charged fluorescent proteins located at the anodic microfluidic compartment side of the Nafion strip within a few minutes and up to a concentration factor of 104. Moreover, we present a numerical study of the preconcentration effect by solving the coupled Poisson, Nernst-Planck, and Navier-Stokes equations for our type of device, which provides microscopic insight into the mechanism of preconcentration. The electrical field across the ion-permselective Nafion generates concentration polarization, i.e., ion depletion at the anodic side and ion enrichment at the cathodic side for both types of ions, with a local excess of mobile positive ions in the depleted concentration polarization zone, inducing a nonequilibrium electrical double layer in close proximity to the Nafion membrane. A voltage difference applied over the anodic compartment is used to generate the electrophoretic flow velocity of the negatively charged tracer biomolecules. This, in combination with the electroosmotic flow in the opposite direction, which originates from the fixed charges on the channel walls and the induced space charge near the membrane, provides the basis for the local preconcentration of the negative tracer biomolecules.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
research article
DOI
10.1021/ac102149f
Web of Science ID

WOS:000285215800005

Author(s)
Shen, M.  
Yang, H.
Sivagnanam, V.
Gijs, M. A. M.  
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Published in
Analytical Chemistry
Volume

82

Issue

24

Start page

9989

End page

9997

Subjects

Methanol Fuel-Cells

•

Concentration Polarization

•

Nanoporous Membranes

•

Analysis Systems

•

Polymer

•

Devices

•

Chip

•

Electrophoresis

•

Nanofluidics

•

Enhancement

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

EPFL

EPFL units
LMIS2  
Available on Infoscience
November 3, 2010
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/56619
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés