The invention relates to a micro-fluidic
chip for inhibiting electroosmotic flows through
grafting a
polyelectrolyte brush on the surface of a micro-channel, belonging to the field of
microfluidics. The micro-fluidic
chip comprises a sample feeding
pool, an
inlet channel, a slit channel, an outlet channel and a waste liquid
pool which are sequentially communicated, wherein a
polyelectrolyte brush with cations is grafted on the channel surface of the inside of the slit channel, and an uniform
electric field is applied parallel to the direction of the channel so as to drive fluid to flow. Under the action of the uniform
electric field, the
polyelectrolyte brush grafted on the surface of the micro-channel extends along the direction of the
electric field, and the fluid in the micro-channel is under the action of the
viscous friction and
electrostatic attraction of the polyelectrolyte brush, so that
surface charges in the channel are balanced, reduced or inhibited; and due to the attraction action among
solvent particles and the polyelectrolyte brush, the
solvent particles are impregnated into a polyelectrolyte brush layer, thereby achieving the purpose of inhibiting electroosmotic flows. The micro-fluidic
chip disclosed by the invention can improve the separation precision of proteins and
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules, and has the advantages of wide applicability, strong
controllability and the like.