Chromatographic Separation of Nonfluorescent Molecules Using Extended-nano Channel and Differential Interference Contrast Thermal Lens Microscope
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Chromatographic separation and detection of nonfluorescent molecules were integrated in a nanochannel. Our method, extended-nano chromatography realized high-performance separation using pressure-driven flow in a 100-nm scale nanochannel. A photothermal detector, differential interference contrast thermal lens microscope (DIC-TLM) was employed for detection of nonfluorescent samples. In particular, two nonfluorescent dyes, Sudan I and Sudan Orange G were separated using hexane and silica nanochannel in normal-phase mode. The detection performance of DIC-TLM was closely examined in terms of time resolution, time response and quantitative performance. Combining extended-nano chromatography with DIC-TLM, separation of nonfluorescent molecules was firstly studied.
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