Channel thickness variations could degrade resolution in electrophoresis

被引:1
作者
Holzwarth, G
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
[2] Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
关键词
capillary electrophoresis; channel width; channel fluctuations; resolution; bandwidth;
D O I
10.1002/elps.1150171016
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Variations in the lateral dimensions of capillaries and ultrathin gels along their length could lead to a distortion of the sample zone because charged particles traveling near the wall must travel a longer distance under a smaller field than particles traveling along the centerline. The size of the effect is computed by solving Laplace's equation for the potential everywhere in a conducting slab with a discontinuity in the lateral dimensions and integrating the travel time along different streamlines.
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页码:1587 / 1589
页数:3
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