Thermal probe based analytical microscopy: Thermal analysis and photothermal Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy together with thermally assisted nanosampling coupled with capillary electrophoresis

Dai, Xuan, Moffat, Jonathan, Mayes, Andrew, Reading, Mike, Craig, Duncan, Belton, Peter and Grandy, David B. (2009) Thermal probe based analytical microscopy: Thermal analysis and photothermal Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy together with thermally assisted nanosampling coupled with capillary electrophoresis. Analytical Chemistry (including News & Features), 81 (16). pp. 6612-6619.

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Abstract

In this study, we have demonstrated that a scanning probe microscope (SPM) can be used for thermally assisted nanosampling (TAN) with subsequent analysis by capillary electrophoresis (CE). Localized thermomechanical analysis (L-TMA) and photothermal Fourier-transform infrared (PT-FTIR) microspectroscopy can also be employed using the same probe, thus illustrating how a single instrument can carry out a number of different complementary analytical measurements. Benzoic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid were manipulated with a heated Wollaston wire probe and successfully deposited onto the surface of a piece of CE capillary tubing. The deposited samples were then separated with CE. L-TMA and PT-FTIR were also used to characterize these materials. We have also demonstrated how a nanosample of a nonparticulate material can be taken and then deposited onto the surface of an inert matrix. TAN of a nonparticulate material was explored using polyethylene as the analyte and fluorene as the matrix. These examples show that thermal probe techniques provide a versatile “tool box” of modes of analysis with the potential to analyze a wide range of samples in a spatially resolved way.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Materials and Catalysis Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rachel Smith
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2011 12:08
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2023 10:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/26995
DOI:	10.1021/ac9004869

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