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Separation microsystem coupled to mass spectrometry for on-line purification and characterisation of nuclear samples

Analytic chemistry Condensed matter physics, chemistry & nanosciences Engineering sciences Instrumentation

Abstract

The miniaturisation of analytical steps commonly carried out in laboratories offers many advantages and particularly in the nuclear sector, where the reduction of material consumption and waste production is of major interest. In this context, one of our laboratory’s focus area is the miniaturisation of analytical tools, particularly chromatographic separation techniques. The aim of this project is to reduce the scale of the purification steps of nuclear samples by solid phase extraction chromatography, prior to the analytical processes. Obtaining these miniaturised extraction devices is based on the in situ synthesis and anchoring of monoliths, in the channels of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) microsystems. Since this material is chemically inert, COC functionalisation strategies are currently under development to covalently graft reactive sites on its surface, before locally anchoring actinide-specific monoliths in the micro-channels. The aim is to design and fabricate chromatographic extraction microsystems in COC, and to implement them for chemical purification and mass spectrometry measurements, both off-line and on-line.

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Département de Recherche sur les Matériaux et la Physico-chimie pour les énergies bas carbone
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Laboratoire de développement Analytique Nucléaire, Isotopique et Elémentaire
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