Separation of aminophenol isomers in polyelectrolyte multilayers modified PDMS microchip

The separation of three kinds of aminophenol isomers were achieved within 1 min in polyelectrolytes multilayers modified PDMS microchips by layer-by-layer assembly with electrochemical detection (EC). Two polyelectrolytes, poly(dially dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA) and poly(sodium-4-styrene-sulfonate) (PSS) were used to form polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs). The surface characteristic of the modified microchip was studied by XPS. The electroosmotic flow (EOF) on PEMs modified PDMS microchips was more stable than that of the native PDMS microchips and the adsorption of samples was greatly reduced on PEMs modified PDMS microchips during the electrophoretic process. The column efficiencies on PEMs modified microchip were increased by 100 times and the signals enhanced by 2 times compared with those of native microchips. The separation conditions such as running buffer pH, running buffer concentration and separation voltage were also optimized.