title: Liquid phase separation of proteins based on electrophoretic effects in an electrospray setup during sample introduction into a gas-phase electrophoretic mobility molecular analyzer (CE-GEMMA/CE-ES-DMA).
abstract: Nanoparticle characterization is gaining importance in food technology, biotechnology, medicine, and pharmaceutical industry. An instrument to determine particle electrophoretic mobility (EM) diameters in the single-digit to double-digit nanometer range receiving increased attention is the gas-phase electrophoretic mobility molecular analyzer (GEMMA) separating electrophoretically single charged analytes in the gas-phase at ambient pressure. A fused-silica capillary is used for analyte transfer to the gas-phase by means of a nano electrospray (ES) unit. The potential of this capillary to separate analytes electrophoretically in the liquid phase due to different mobilities is, at measurement conditions recommended by the manufacturer, eliminated due to elevated pressure applied for sample introduction. Measurements are carried out upon constant feeding of analytes to the system. Under these conditions, aggregate formation is observed for samples including high amounts of non-volatile components or complex samples. This makes the EM determination of individual species sometimes difficult, if not impossible. With the current study we demonstrate that liquid phase electrophoretic separation of proteins (as exemplary analytes) occurs in the capillary (capillary zone electrophoresis, CE) of the nano ES unit of the GEMMA. This finding was consecutively applied for on-line desalting allowing EM diameter determination of analytes despite a high salt concentration within samples. The present study is to our knowledge the first report on the use of the GEMMA to determine EM diameters of analytes solubilized in the ES incompatible electrolyte solutions by the intended use of electrophoresis (in the liquid phase) during sample delivery. Results demonstrate the proof of concept of such an approach and additionally illustrate the high potential of a future on-line coupling of a capillary electrophoresis to a GEMMA instrument.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Victor U
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kerul
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kallinger
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Wladyslaw W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Szymanski
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchetti-Deschmann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allmaier
mesh_terms: D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods*; D004586:Electrophoresis; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins
keywords: Capillary electrophoresis; Desalting; Electrospray; GEMMA; Ion mobility spectrometer; Scanning mobility particle sizer
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