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Anal Chem. 2017 Mar 21;89(6):3460-3467. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04413. Epub 2017 Mar 08.

Simple, Expendable, 3D-Printed Microfluidic Systems for Sample Preparation of Petroleum.

Analytical chemistry

Érica M Kataoka, Rui C Murer, Jandyson M Santos, Rogério M Carvalho, Marcos N Eberlin, Fabio Augusto, Ronei J Poppi, Angelo L Gobbi, Leandro W Hantao

Affiliations

  1. Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais , Campinas, São Paulo 13083-100, Brazil.
  2. Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil.
  3. Centro de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento Américo Miguez de Mello, Petrobras , Rio de Janeiro, 20031-912 Brazil.

PMID: 28230979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04413

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a simple protocol to manufacture disposable, 3D-printed microfluidic systems for sample preparation of petroleum. This platform is produced with a consumer-grade 3D-printer, using fused deposition modeling. Successful incorporation of solid-phase extraction (SPE) to microchip was ensured by facile 3D element integration using proposed approach. This 3D-printed μSPE device was applied to challenging matrices in oil and gas industry, such as crude oil and oil-brine emulsions. Case studies investigated important limitations of nonsilicon and nonglass microchips, namely, resistance to nonpolar solvents and conservation of sample integrity. Microfluidic features remained fully functional even after prolonged exposure to nonpolar solvents (20 min). Also, 3D-printed μSPE devices enabled fast emulsion breaking and solvent deasphalting of petroleum, yielding high recovery values (98%) without compromising maltene integrity. Such finding was ascertained by high-resolution molecular analyses using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry by monitoring important biomarker classes, such as C

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