Abstract: In this work, two novel approaches were developed for miniaturized liquid-liquid(L-L) extraction on microfluidic chips, based on a stopped-flow extraction technique. In the first approach, trapped droplets extraction mode, organic solvent droplets of a few hundred 10^-12 L were trapped within micro recesses fabricated in the channel walls of microfluidic chips, and analytes in aqueous streams flowing over the droplets were transferred into them, affecting a preconcentration. In the second approach, a stable interface between stationary organic phase and continuously flowed aqueous phase was formed by stopping the flow of organic phase. Analytes were transferred from the aqueous phase into the organic phase on the interface. Enrichment factors exceeding 1 000 and 300 were achieved with a preconcentration period of 20 min with sample consumption lower than 10 μL for trapped droplets and stopped-flow microextraction. In situ laser induced fluorescence detection of the concentrated analyte was performed following the preconcentration.

Key words: Microfluidic chips, Liquid-liquid extraction, Stopped flow technique