Miniaturized liquid core waveguide-based fluorimetric detection cell for capillary separation methods: Application in CE of amino acids

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KOŠŤÁL Vratislav GLATZ Zdeněk ZEISBERGEROVÁ Marta HROTEKOVÁ Zuzana ŠLAIS Karel KAHLE Vladislav

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Electrophoresis
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Faculty of Science

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Field Biochemistry
Keywords amino acids; CE; fluorescence detection; liquid core waveguide; separation methods
Description A miniaturized post-column fluorimetric detection cell for capillary separation methods based on optical fibers and liquid core waveguides (LCWs) is described. The main part of the detection cell is a fused-silica capillary coated with Teflon AF serving as an LCW. The optical fibers are used both for coupling the excitation source with the detection domain in the LCW and for the axial fluorescence collection from the LCW end. The latter fiber is connected with a compact CCD spectrometer that serves for the rejection of the scattered excitation light and for the fluorescence signal detection. The proposed design offers a compact fluorescence detector for various microcolumn separation techniques without optical elements such as filters or objectives. Moreover, its construction and optical adjustment are very simple and the whole system is highly miniaturized. The function of the detection cell is demonstrated by CE of amino acids labelled by fluorescein-based tags. Separations of different standard amino acid mixtures and plasma samples are presented. The comparison of plasma amino acid levels of individuals being in good health with those of patients with inherited metabolic disorders is also shown.
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