A glassy carbon microfluidic device for electrospray mass spectrometry

Anal Chem. 2004 Apr 15;76(8):2393-7. doi: 10.1021/ac035168s.

Abstract

Due to the broad impact of microfabrication technology on chemistry and biology, new methods to pattern and etch a variety of materials are being explored in a number of laboratories. Here, we report the design, fabrication, and operation of a glassy carbon (GC) microchip interfaced to a nanoelectrospray ionization source and a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The method involves standard photolithographic pattern transfer to a photoresist layer and anodization of the exposed GC substrate in basic electrolyte to produce a series of channels with well-defined wall structure. The performance of the microchip was evaluated with standard polymer and peptide samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Electrolytes
  • Glass / chemistry*
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation*
  • Microfluidics / methods
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / instrumentation*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Electrolytes
  • Peptides
  • Polymers
  • Carbon