Development of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection Devices for Astrobiological and Planetary Science Applications

• Main Author: Duca, Zachary A.
• Other Authors: Stockton, Amanda M., Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fernandez, Facundo M., Schmidt, Britney E., Barry, Bridgette A., Williams, Loren D.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2021
• Subjects: Microfluidics; Astrobiology; Microcapillary electrophoresis; Laser-induced fluorescence; Optical prototyping; Limit of detection; Modularity; Epifluorescence; Electroosmotic flow; High voltage; Pacific blue dye; LabVIEW; Enceladus; Europa; Mars; Fast-prototyping; Champagne; Pacific; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/65005

Microcapillary electrophoresis (µCE) enables high-resolution separations in miniaturized, automated microfluidic devices. Pairing this powerful separation technique with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) enables highly-sensitive, quantitative, and compositional analysis of organic molecule monomers a...