Münchow, Götz (2009)
Two-Phase Electrophoresis of Biomolecules.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Ph.D. Thesis, Primary publication
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Item Type: | Ph.D. Thesis | ||||
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Type of entry: | Primary publication | ||||
Title: | Two-Phase Electrophoresis of Biomolecules | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Referees: | Hardt, Prof. Dr. Steffen ; Kutter, Prof. Dr. Jörg Peter | ||||
Date: | 29 July 2009 | ||||
Place of Publication: | Darmstadt | ||||
Date of oral examination: | 17 July 2009 | ||||
Abstract: | Existing microfluidic separation technologies for biomolecules commonly rely on single phase liquid systems as well as on electrophoresis. But microfluidics also facilitates the generation of stable, well-controlled and immiscible liquid-liquid two-phase arrangements, since interfacial forces usually dominate over volume forces. The present work combines these approaches and reports on protein and cell transport as well as on enrichment and separation phenomena discovered in various experiments with a novel microfluidic setup for continuous-flow two-phase electrophoresis. Therefore, phase boundaries of aqueous two-phase systems are formed within a microchannel in flow direction and the characteristic partition behavior of proteins and cells is manipulated and tuned by applying an electric field perpendicular to the phase boundary. The two immiscible phases which separately are injected into a microchannel are taken from aqueous polyethylene glycol (PEG) - dextran systems. Different ways are possible to induce an electric field within a microchannel, but it was found out that electrodes have to be decoupled from the two-phase flow and especially hydrogels can be utilized as adequate ion conductors. Thus bubble generation inside the microchannel is prevented and a stable two-phase flow is guaranteed. In contrast to macroscopic systems, microfluidic setups allow detailed investigations of local effects at the phase boundary. The results of the experiments show that the diffusive as well as the electrophoretic transport behavior of proteins between the laminated liquid phases is strongly influenced by their partition coefficients. Furthermore, effects of the phase boundary itself, like electric double layers, are negligible in this case. This derived knowledge helps to design specific two-phase partition and enrichment procedures combined with electric fields for future studies. Besides a detailed examination of the transport behavior of proteins a continuous separation of proteins from cells is presented. While proteins in presence of an external electric field pass the boundary and leave the phase they have been initially dissolved in almost completely, lymphoblastoid cells can be retained, thus allowing a stable and continuous separation of these two kinds of biomolecules. And finally, further kinds of fluid combinations such as water and propylene carbonate are presented, supporting an enrichment of proteins at the phase boundary. |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Microfluidic Electrophoresis Aqueous Two-Phase System Interface | ||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-18636 | ||||
Classification DDC: | 500 Science and mathematics > 540 Chemistry 500 Science and mathematics > 500 Science 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering 500 Science and mathematics > 570 Life sciences, biology |
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Divisions: | 07 Department of Chemistry 10 Department of Biology 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Microtechnology and Electromechanical Systems 16 Department of Mechanical Engineering > Institute for Fluid Systems (FST) (since 01.10.2006) |
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Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2009 09:53 | ||||
Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2020 23:30 | ||||
URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/1863 | ||||
PPN: | 214612295 | ||||
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