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ArticleMicromachines2021

Fabricating an Electrospray Ionization Chip Based on Induced Polarization and Liquid Splitting.

Lvhan Zhou, Qian Zhang, Xiangchun Xu, Xinming Huo, Qian Zhou, Xiaohao Wang, Quan Yu

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lvhan ZhouOpen FIESTA, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Qian ZhangDivision of Advanced Manufacturing, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Xiangchun XuDivision of Advanced Manufacturing, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Xinming HuoDivision of Life Science & Health, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Qian ZhouDivision of Advanced Manufacturing, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Xiaohao WangDivision of Advanced Manufacturing, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Quan YuDivision of Advanced Manufacturing, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6995-6583
Tsinghua University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 21775085National Natural Science Foundation of China 22004079Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program JCYJ20180508152013054Shenzhen Supporting Fund for National Project GJHS20160331183418317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coupling of the microfluidic chip to mass spectrometry (MS) has attracted considerable attention in the area of chemical and biological analysis. The most commonly used ionization technique in the chip-MS system is electrospray ionization (ESI). Traditional chip-based ESI devices mainly employ direct electrical contact between the electrode and the spray solvent. In this study, a microchip ESI source based on a novel polarization-splitting approach was developed. Specifically, the droplet in the microchannel is first polarized by the electric field and then split into two sub-droplets. In this process, the charge generated by polarization is retained in the liquid, resulting in the generation of two charged droplets with opposite polarities. Finally, when these charged droplets reach the emitter, the electrospray process is initiated and both positive and negative ions are formed from the same solution. Preliminary experimental results indicate that the coupling of this polarization-splitting ESI (PS-ESI) chip with a mass spectrometer enables conventional ESI-MS analysis of various analytes.

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electrospray ionizationinduced polarizationmass spectrometrymicrofluidic chip

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PMID34577678
PMCPMC8472801
OpenAlexW3197649402

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