• DocumentCode
    1391838
  • Title

    XPS and NEXAFS studies of VUV/O3-treated aromatic polyurea and its application to microchip electrophoresis

  • Author

    Shinohara, Hirofumi ; Nakahara, Akihito ; Kitagawa, Fumio ; Takahashi, Y. ; Otsuka, Kanji ; Shoji, Shuji ; Ohara, O. ; Mizuno, Jun

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    In this study, the authors performed X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) studies of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV)/O3-treated aromatic polyurea films to investigate their treatment effects. XPS and NEXAFS spectra indicate that the benzene ring was cleaved after treatment and that carboxyl, hydroxyl, ketone and aldehyde groups were formed at the cleaved sites. The VUV/O3-treated polyurea film was applied to a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microchip for microchip electrophoresis (MCE) of bovine serum albumin (BSA). Fast electro-osmotic mobility of 4.6 × 10-4 cm2/V/s as well as reduction of the BSA adhesion was achieved. This functional surface is useful for high-speed MCE analysis.
  • Keywords
    EXAFS; X-ray photoelectron spectra; XANES; bioelectric phenomena; biological techniques; electrophoresis; molecular biophysics; osmosis; polymer films; proteins; ultraviolet radiation effects; BSA adhesion; NEXAFS; VUV-O3-treated aromatic polyurea; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; XPS; aldehyde group; benzene ring; bovine serum albumin; carboxyl group; cleaved sites; electro-osmotic mobility; high-speed MCE analysis; hydroxyl group; ketone group; microchip electrophoresis; near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure; polymethylmethacrylate microchip; vacuum ultraviolet-treated aromatic polyurea films;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nanobiotechnology, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1751-8741
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/iet-nbt.2011.0006
  • Filename
    6096477