Ion exchange resin bead decoupled high-pressure electroosmotic pump

Anal Chem. 2009 Jun 15;81(12):5102-6. doi: 10.1021/ac900570s.

Abstract

We describe an electroosmotic pump (EOP) that utilizes a cation exchange resin bead as the electric field decoupler. The resin bead serves as a electrical grounding joint without fluid leakage, thus eliminating electrolytic gas interference from the flow channels. The arrangement is easy to practice from readily available components, displays a very low electrical resistance, and is capable of bearing high backpressure (at least 3200 psi). We use a silica xerogel column as the EOP element to pump water and demonstrate a complete capillary ion chromatograph (CIC), which uses a similar bead based microelectrodialytic generator (micro-EDG) to generate a KOH eluent from the pumped water. We observed good operational stability of the complete arrangement over long periods.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cation Exchange Resins / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange / instrumentation*
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange / methods
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electroosmosis / instrumentation*
  • Electroosmosis / methods
  • Pressure

Substances

  • Cation Exchange Resins