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A high performance microfluidic analyser for phosphate measurements in marine waters using the vanadomolybdate method

A high performance microfluidic analyser for phosphate measurements in marine waters using the vanadomolybdate method
A high performance microfluidic analyser for phosphate measurements in marine waters using the vanadomolybdate method
We report a high performance autonomous analytical system based on the vanadomolybdate method for the determination of soluble reactive phosphorus in seawater. The system combines a microfluidic chip manufactured from tinted poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), a custom made syringe pump, embedded control electronics and on-board calibration standards. This “lab-on-a-chip” analytical system was successfully deployed and cross-compared with reference analytical methods in coastal (south west England) and open ocean waters (tropical North Atlantic). The results of the miniaturized system compared well with a reference bench-operated phosphate auto-analyser and showed no significant differences in the analytical results (student’s t-test at 95% confidence level). The optical technology used, comprising of tinted PMMA and polished fluidic channels, has allowed an improvement of two orders of magnitude of the limit of detection (52 nM) compared to currently available portable systems based on this method. The system has a wide linear dynamic range 0.1–60 µM, and a good precision (13.6% at 0.4 µM, n=4). The analytical results were corrected for silicate interferences at 0.7 µM, and the measurement frequency was configurable with a sampling throughput of up to 20 samples per hour. This portable micro-analytical system has a low reagent requirement (340 µL per sample) and power consumption (756 J per sample), and has allowed accurate high resolution measurements of soluble reactive phosphorus in seawater.
Phosphate measurement, Nutrient analysis, Microfluidic analyser, Vanadomolybdate method, Silicate interference, Seawater
0039-9140
382-387
Legiret, François-Eric
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Sieben, Vincent J.
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Woodward, E. Malcolm S.
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Abi Kaed Bey, Samer K.
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Mowlem, Matthew C.
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Connelly, Douglas P.
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Achterberg, Eric P.
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Legiret, François-Eric
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Sieben, Vincent J.
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Woodward, E. Malcolm S.
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Abi Kaed Bey, Samer K.
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Mowlem, Matthew C.
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Connelly, Douglas P.
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Legiret, François-Eric, Sieben, Vincent J., Woodward, E. Malcolm S., Abi Kaed Bey, Samer K., Mowlem, Matthew C., Connelly, Douglas P. and Achterberg, Eric P. (2013) A high performance microfluidic analyser for phosphate measurements in marine waters using the vanadomolybdate method. Talanta, 116, 382-387. (doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2013.05.004).

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Abstract

We report a high performance autonomous analytical system based on the vanadomolybdate method for the determination of soluble reactive phosphorus in seawater. The system combines a microfluidic chip manufactured from tinted poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), a custom made syringe pump, embedded control electronics and on-board calibration standards. This “lab-on-a-chip” analytical system was successfully deployed and cross-compared with reference analytical methods in coastal (south west England) and open ocean waters (tropical North Atlantic). The results of the miniaturized system compared well with a reference bench-operated phosphate auto-analyser and showed no significant differences in the analytical results (student’s t-test at 95% confidence level). The optical technology used, comprising of tinted PMMA and polished fluidic channels, has allowed an improvement of two orders of magnitude of the limit of detection (52 nM) compared to currently available portable systems based on this method. The system has a wide linear dynamic range 0.1–60 µM, and a good precision (13.6% at 0.4 µM, n=4). The analytical results were corrected for silicate interferences at 0.7 µM, and the measurement frequency was configurable with a sampling throughput of up to 20 samples per hour. This portable micro-analytical system has a low reagent requirement (340 µL per sample) and power consumption (756 J per sample), and has allowed accurate high resolution measurements of soluble reactive phosphorus in seawater.

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Published date: 15 November 2013
Keywords: Phosphate measurement, Nutrient analysis, Microfluidic analyser, Vanadomolybdate method, Silicate interference, Seawater
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science, Electronics & Computer Science, Marine Geoscience, Ocean Technology and Engineering

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Local EPrints ID: 359569
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/359569
ISSN: 0039-9140
PURE UUID: 6de24e8c-7a8a-4aaa-9ee4-9ef76336fbe9
ORCID for Matthew C. Mowlem: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-6121

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Date deposited: 04 Nov 2013 14:53
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:02

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Author: François-Eric Legiret
Author: Vincent J. Sieben
Author: E. Malcolm S. Woodward
Author: Samer K. Abi Kaed Bey
Author: Matthew C. Mowlem ORCID iD
Author: Douglas P. Connelly

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