Micron-sized pillars for ion-pair reversed-phase DNA separations

J Sep Sci. 2010 Dec;33(23-24):3613-8. doi: 10.1002/jssc.201000538.

Abstract

In the present paper, the feasibility to construct micron-sized silicon pillar channels to be used in HPLC is studied. For this, a channel with flow-through pores of 1 μm and with critical sidewall dimensions below 1 μm was constructed using advanced deep-UV lithographic equipment. Integrating a 3-nL injection system on the chip directly in front of the separation channel and using elongated distribution structures, a very controlled and high aspect ratio sample definition across the relatively wide separation channel was accomplished. The system was evaluated in isocratic ion-pair RP mode, allowing the separation of a mixture of two components with, respectively, 300 and 400 base pairs in 5 s only.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • DNA / isolation & purification*
  • Equipment Design
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • DNA