Plastic LC/MS microchip with an embedded microstructured fibre having the dual role of a frit and a nanoelectrospray emitter

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 73-81

  Mats, Lili ^a   Gibson, Graham T T ^a   Oleschuk, Richard D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclic olefin copolymer; Hot embossing; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Microstructured fibre; Polymer microchip

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; COPOLYMERS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FABRICATION; OLEFINS; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; HOT-EMBOSSING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBRE; POLYMER MICROCHIPS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 84899411414     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1221-x     Document Type: Article

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