This paper describes an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode-based Ru(bpy)
32+ electrochemiluminecence (ECL) detector for a microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE). Themicrochip CE-ECL system described in this article consists of a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) layer containingseparation and injection channels and an electrode platewith an ITO electrode fabricated by a photolithographicmethod. The PDMS layer was reversibly bound to the ITOelectrode plate, which greatly simplified the alignment ofthe separation channel with the working electrode andenhanced the photon-capturing efficiency. In our study,the high separation electric field had no significant influence on the ECL detector, and decouplers for isolatingthe separation electric field were not needed in themicrochip CE-ECL system. The ITO electrodes employedin the experiments displayed good durability and stabilityin the analytical procedures. Proline was selected toperform the microchip device with a limit of detection of1.2
M (S/N = 3) and a linear range from 5 to 600
M.