National Taiwan University Department of ChemistryHUAN-TSUNG CHANGLin, Yang-WeiYang-WeiLinHuang, May-JenMay-JenHuangChang, Huan-TsungHuan-TsungChang2006-11-152018-07-102006-11-152018-07-102003http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/2006111501233152The impact of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) on the microchip electrophoretic separation of double-stranded (ds) DNA using poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is described. Coating of the 75-mm separation channel on a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) plate in sequence with poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), PEO, and 13-nm GNPs is effective to improve reproducibility and resolution. In this study, we have also found that adding 13-nm GNPs to 1.5% PEO is extremely important to achieve high resolution and reproducibility for DNA separation. In terms of the stability of the GNPs, 100 mM glycine–citrate buffer at pH 9.2 is a good buffer system for preparing 1.5% PEO. The separation of DNA markers V and VI ranging in size from 8 to 2176 base pairs has been demonstrated using the three-layer-coated PMMA microdevice filled with 1.5% PEO containing the GNPs. Using these conditions, the analysis of the polymerase chain reaction products of UGT1A7 was complete in 7 min, with the relative standard deviation values of the peak heights and migration times less than 2.3% and 2.0%, respectively. In conjunction with stepwise changes of the concentrations of ethidium bromide (0.5 and 5 mg/ml), this method allows improved resolution and sensitivity for DNA markers V and VI.application/pdf238633 bytesapplication/pdfzh-TWGold nanoparticlesChip technologyMicrofluidicsDNAjournal article10.1016/S0021-9673(03)01408-0http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/2006111501233152/1/6375.pdf