Design and performance of a light-emitting diode detector compatible with a commercial capillary electrophoresis instrument
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posted on 2023-05-16, 15:35 authored by Johns, CA, Miroslav MackaMiroslav Macka, Paul HaddadPaul HaddadIndirect photometric detection in capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been predominantly performed in the UV region, in part due to a lack of suitable high-intensity and low-noise light sources in the visible spectral region. A new photometric detector based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as light sources and compatible with a commercially available CE instrument has been designed and constructed and its performance evaluated. The utility of this detector was successfully demonstrated by the indirect photometric detection of anions using a dye as probe and absorbance measured in the visible region. The detector exhibited very low baseline noise (around 0.03 mAU), stable output, and improved upper limit of detection linearity (502 mAU) compared with previously used LED detectors. The detector was tested for indirect detection of anions separated with an electrolyte containing 4 mM Orange G as the indirect detection probe, 10 mM histidine as an isoelectric buffer, and 0.05% hydroxypropylmethylcellulose to suppress the electroosmotic flow. Extremely low detection limits were obtained ranging from 0.16-0.36 μM (excluding chloride 0.56 μM), with separation efficiencies in the range of 154 000-274 000 theoretical plates. © 2004 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
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ElectrophoresisVolume
25Issue
18-19Pagination
3145-3152ISSN
0173-0835Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Wiley-VCHPlace of publication
WeinheimRepository Status
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