Liquid Microjunction Surface Sampling Probe Fluid Dynamics: Characterization and Application of an Analyte Plug Formation Operational Mode

Author: ElNaggar Mariam  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 1044-0305

Source: Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vol.22, Iss.10, 2011-10, pp. : 1737-1743

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Abstract

The recently discovered sample plug formation and injection operational mode of a continuous flow, coaxial tube geometry, liquid microjunction surface sampling probe (LMJ-SSP) was further characterized and applied for concentration and mixing of analyte extracted from multiple areas on a surface and for nanoliter-scale chemical reactions of sampled material. A transparent LMJ-SSP was constructed and colored analytes were used so that the surface sampling process, plug formation, and the chemical reactions could be visually monitored at the sampling end of the probe before being analyzed by mass spectrometry of the injected sample plug. Injection plug peak widths were consistent for plug hold times as long as the 8 min maximum attempted (RSD below 1.5%). Furthermore, integrated injection peak signals were not significantly different for the range of hold times investigated. The ability to extract and completely mix individual samples within a fixed volume at the sampling end of the probe was demonstrated and a linear mass spectral response to the number of equivalent analyte spots sampled was observed. Using the color and mass changing chemical reduction of the redox dye 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol with ascorbic acid, the ability to sample, concentrate, and efficiently run reactions within the same plug volume within the probe was demonstrated.

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