Within framework of collaborative project between the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) and Czech Academy of Science, Dr. Jan Prikryl and MSc. Vladimir Jonos from Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Brno, Czech have come to work with Sensing Platforms for Food safety, Environmental and Biomedical applications (SENS-FEB) of Dr. Vu Thi Thu and co-workers.
Dr. Jan Prikryl and MSc. Vladimir in Vietnam
Institute of Analytical Chemistry in Brno (http://www.iach.cz/en/) was established in 1956, and has a long history on developing bioanalytical instruments (mainly gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, electro-migration methods); coupling separation and detection techniques (i.e., mass spectroscopy). In 2001, two new research groups have been establish and focused on miniaturized instrumentation and proteomics with focus on mass spectrometry applications. In 2010, these two departments merged into the department of bioanalytical instrument.
Microfluidic devices for cell analysis
Pr. Frantisek Foret, Dr. Anna Tycova, Dr. Jan Prikryl and co-workers have been developing capillary electrophoresis microchips coupled with SERS detection for analysis of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) (i.e., diclofenac) in surface water. The analytes will be separated from sample mixture via capillary electrophoresis, whereas the fast detection of targeted molecules will be enabled using SERS technique. Especially, the metallic nanoparticles (in colloidal states) will be injected directly to the flow inside the microchip (instead of immobilized onto the detection zone in the device as usual), so that the “memory effect” can be avoided, and of course, the device becomes reusable.
CE-SERS device
