Integrated silicon microfluidic chip for picoliter-scale analyte segmentation and microscale printing for mass spectrometry imaging

Weihua Shi, Sara Bell, Hrishikesh Iyer, Christopher Kenji Brenden, Yan Zhang, Sungho Kim, Insu Park, Rashid Bashir, Jonathan Sweedler, Yurii Vlasov

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Abstract

A silicon single-chip microfluidics system that integrates microscale fluidic channels, an analyte segmentation device, and a nozzle for electrohydrodynamic-assisted printing is designed for hyphenation with MALDI mass spectrometry (MS) imaging. A miniaturized T-junction segments analytes into monodisperse picoliter oil-isolated compartments. The printing nozzle deposits generated droplets one-by-one into an array on a conductive substrate without splitting or coalescing. Virtually single-shot MS analysis is enabled due to the ultrasmall droplet volumes and highly localized printing. The signal-to-noise ratio indicates that detection limits at the attomole level are achieved for γ-aminobutyric acid.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)72-80
Number of pages9
JournalLab on a chip
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 7 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Bioengineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

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