PMID- 25759941 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151009 LR - 20150407 IS - 1520-6882 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2700 (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 7 DP - 2015 Apr 7 TI - Attractive design: an elution solvent optimization platform for magnetic-bead-based fractionation using digital microfluidics and design of experiments. PG - 3902-10 LID - 10.1021/ac504697r [doi] AB - There is great interest in the development of integrated tools allowing for miniaturized sample processing, including solid phase extraction (SPE). We introduce a new format for microfluidic SPE relying on C18-functionalized magnetic beads that can be manipulated in droplets in a digital microfluidic platform. This format provides the opportunity to tune the amount (and potentially the type) of stationary phase on-the-fly, and allows the removal of beads after the extraction (to enable other operations in same device-space), maintaining device reconfigurability. Using the new method, we employed a design of experiments (DOE) operation to enable automated on-chip optimization of elution solvent composition for reversed phase SPE of a model system. Further, conditions were selected to enable on-chip fractionation of multiple analytes. Finally, the method was demonstrated to be useful for online cleanup of extracts from dried blood spot (DBS) samples. We anticipate this combination of features will prove useful for separating a wide range of analytes, from small molecules to peptides, from complex matrices. FAU - Lafreniere, Nelson M AU - Lafreniere NM AD - daggerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. FAU - Mudrik, Jared M AU - Mudrik JM AD - daggerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. FAU - Ng, Alphonsus H C AU - Ng AH AD - double daggerInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada. FAU - Seale, Brendon AU - Seale B AD - daggerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. FAU - Spooner, Neil AU - Spooner N AD - section signPlatform Technologies and Science Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 0DP, United Kingdom. FAU - Wheeler, Aaron R AU - Wheeler AR AD - daggerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada. AD - double daggerInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150311 PL - United States TA - Anal Chem JT - Analytical chemistry JID - 0370536 RN - 0 (Aminoquinolines) RN - 0 (Magnetite Nanoparticles) RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - 9041-90-1 (Angiotensin I) RN - U34EAV21TG (8-aminoquinoline) SB - IM MH - Aminoquinolines/*analysis MH - Angiotensin I/*analysis MH - *Dried Blood Spot Testing MH - Equipment Design MH - Humans MH - Magnetite Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - *Microfluidic Analytical Techniques/instrumentation/methods MH - Solid Phase Extraction MH - Solvents/*chemistry EDAT- 2015/03/12 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/10 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/12 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/ac504697r [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chem. 2015 Apr 7;87(7):3902-10. doi: 10.1021/ac504697r. Epub 2015 Mar 11.