A chitosan coated monolith for nucleic acid capture in a thermoplastic microfluidic chip.
A technique for microfluidic, pH modulated DNA capture and purification using chitosan functionalized glycidyl methacrylate monoliths is presented. Highly porous polymer monoliths are formed and subsequently functionalized off-chip in a batch process before insertion into thermoplastic microchannels prior to solvent bonding, simplifying the overall fabrication process by eliminating the need for on-chip surface modifications. The monolith anchoring method allows for the use of large cross-section monoliths enabling high flowrates and high DNA capture capacity with a minimum of added design complexity. Using monolith capture elements requiring less than 1 mm(2) of chip surface area, loading levels above 100 ng are demonstrated, with DNA capture and elution efficiency of 54.2% ± 14.2% achieved.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Eric L
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Kendall
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Erik
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Wienhold
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Don L
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DeVoe