Microchip capillary electrophoresis

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:509:159-68. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-372-1_11.

Abstract

Microchip capillary electrophoresis (MCE) is gaining popularity due to the developments of simple microfabrication methods under nonstringent laboratory conditions. Moreover, the low material and production costs of polymer-based microchips have further stimulated advances in the applications of MCE in various fields, including clinical analysis, drug screening, biomarker identification, and biosensing. In this chapter, a simple and robust protocol for fabrication of microchips for lab-on-chip testing and microchip electrophoresis is described. The microchips are hybrid poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/glass microchips, which are produced by a combination of photolithography and micromolding processes. This type of microchip has been used in a wide range of analyses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Assay / instrumentation*
  • Biological Assay / methods*
  • Electrophoresis, Microchip / instrumentation*
  • Electrophoresis, Microchip / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Flow Injection Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Flow Injection Analysis / methods*