[Multimaterial 3D-printed contactless conductivity/laser-induced fluorescence dual-detection cell for capillary electrophoresis].

Dual detection, which simultaneously employs two complementary detection methods, is a useful approach to enhance the selectivity and sensitivity of capillary electrophoresis (CE). Through dual detection, multiple classes of analytes with different structural and chemical characteristics can be sensitively detected using a single CE method. In addition, the comigrating peaks can be distinguished by comparing the signal outputs of two detectors with different selectivities. Typically, dual detection is achieved by coupling two detectors in series along a capillary. However, in this approach, it is inconvenient to evaluate the signal outputs of the two detectors. The two detectors present differences in their corresponding effective capillary lengths and dead volumes of the detection cell. Therefore, detectors that combine two or three detection methods in a single detection point are proposed to address this issue. In this work, to fabricate a combined detector in a simple and low-cost manner, multimaterial 3D printing technology is employed. A two-in-one detection cell that combines capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (C