Electrophoresis
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Electrophoresis is the basis for analytical techniques used in biochemistry for separating particles, molecules, or ions by size, charge, or binding affinity.[9]
Biochemist Arne Tiselius won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins."[10]
In principle, electrophoresis is used in laboratories to separate macromolecules based on charge.[11] The technique normally applies a negative charge so proteins move towards a positive charge called anode. It is used extensively in DNA, RNA and protein analysis.[12]
History
Theory
Suspended particles have an
Considering the drag on the moving particles due to the viscosity of the dispersant, in the case of low Reynolds number and moderate electric field strength E, the drift velocity of a dispersed particle v is simply proportional to the applied field, which leaves the electrophoretic mobility μe defined as:[17]
The most well known and widely used theory of electrophoresis was developed in 1903 by Marian Smoluchowski:[18]
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where εr is the
The Smoluchowski theory is very powerful because it works for
Detailed theoretical analysis proved that the Smoluchowski theory is valid only for sufficiently thin DL, when particle radius a is much greater than the Debye length:
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This model of "thin double layer" offers tremendous simplifications not only for electrophoresis theory but for many other electrokinetic theories. This model is valid for most
The Smoluchowski theory also neglects the contributions from surface conductivity. This is expressed in modern theory as condition of small Dukhin number:
In the effort of expanding the range of validity of electrophoretic theories, the opposite asymptotic case was considered, when Debye length is larger than particle radius:
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Under this condition of a "thick double layer", Erich Hückel[19] predicted the following relation for electrophoretic mobility:
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This model can be useful for some nanoparticles and non-polar fluids, where Debye length is much larger than in the usual cases.
There are several analytical theories that incorporate surface conductivity and eliminate the restriction of a small Dukhin number, pioneered by Theodoor Overbeek[20] and F. Booth.[21] Modern, rigorous theories valid for any Zeta potential and often any aκ stem mostly from Dukhin–Semenikhin theory.[22]
In the thin double layer limit, these theories confirm the numerical solution to the problem provided by Richard W. O'Brien and Lee R. White.[23]
For modeling more complex scenarios, these simplifications become inaccurate, and the electric field must be modeled spatially, tracking its magnitude and direction. Poisson's equation can be used to model this spatially-varying electric field. Its influence on fluid flow can be modeled with the Stokes law,[24] while transport of different ions can be modeled using the Nernst–Planck equation. This combined approach is referred to as the Poisson-Nernst-Planck-Stokes equations.[25] This approach has been validated the electrophoresis of particles.[25]
See also
- Affinity electrophoresis
- Electrophoretic deposition
- Electronic paper
- Capillary electrophoresis
- Dielectrophoresis
- Free-flow electrophoresis
- Electroblotting
- Gel electrophoresis
- Gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids
- Gel electrophoresis of proteins
- History of electrophoresis
- History of gel electrophoresis
- Immunoelectrophoresis
- Isoelectric focusing
- Isotachophoresis
- Nonlinear frictiophoresis
- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- Stokes flow
References
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- ^ Hunter, R.J. (1989). Foundations of Colloid Science. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Dukhin, S.S.; Derjaguin, B.V. (1974). Electrokinetic Phenomena. J. Wiley and Sons.
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- ^ Kruyt, H.R. (1952). Colloid Science. Vol. 1, Irreversible systems. Elsevier.
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- ^ Malhotra, P. (2023). Analytical Chemistry: Basic Techniques and Methods. Springer, ISBN 9783031267567. p. 346.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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- ^ Malhotra, P. (2023). Analytical Chemistry: Basic Techniques and Methods. Springer, ISBN 9783031267567. p. 346.
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- ^ Michov, B. (1995). Elektrophorese: Theorie und Praxis. De Gruyter, ISBN 9783110149944. p. 405.
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Hanaor, D.A.H.; Michelazzi, M.; Leonelli, C.; Sorrell, C.C. (2012). "The effects of carboxylic acids on the aqueous dispersion and electrophoretic deposition of ZrO2". Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 32 (1): 235–244. S2CID 98812224.
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- ^ von Smoluchowski, M. (1903). "Contribution à la théorie de l'endosmose électrique et de quelques phénomènes corrélatifs". Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie. 184.
- ^ Hückel, E. (1924). "Die kataphorese der kugel". Phys. Z. 25: 204.
- ^ Overbeek, J.Th.G (1943). "Theory of electrophoresis — The relaxation effect". Koll. Bith.: 287.
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- ^ Dukhin, S.S. and Semenikhin N.V. "Theory of double layer polarization and its effect on electrophoresis", Koll.Zhur. USSR, volume 32, page 366, 1970.
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Further reading
- Voet and Voet (1990). Biochemistry. John Wiley & Sons.
- Jahn, G.C.; D.W. Hall; S.G. Zam (1986). "A comparison of the life cycles of two Amblyospora (Microspora: Amblyosporidae) in the mosquitoes Culex salinarius and Culex tarsalis Coquillett". J. Florida Anti-Mosquito Assoc. 57: 24–27.
- Khattak, M.N.; R.C. Matthews (1993). "Genetic relatedness of Bordetella species as determined by macrorestriction digests resolved by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43 (4): 659–64. PMID 8240949.
- Barz, D.P.J.; P. Ehrhard (2005). "Model and verification of electrokinetic flow and transport in a micro-electrophoresis device". Lab Chip. 5 (9): 949–958. PMID 16100579.
- Shim, J.; P. Dutta; C.F. Ivory (2007). "Modeling and simulation of IEF in 2-D microgeometries". S2CID 23274096.