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Title: System and method for laser assisted sample transfer to solution for chemical analysis

Abstract

A system and method for laser desorption of an analyte from a specimen and capturing of the analyte in a suspended solvent to form a testing solution are described. The method can include providing a specimen supported by a desorption region of a specimen stage and desorbing an analyte from a target site of the specimen with a laser beam centered at a radiation wavelength (.lamda.). The desorption region is transparent to the radiation wavelength (.lamda.) and the sampling probe and a laser source emitting the laser beam are on opposite sides of a primary surface of the specimen stage. The system can also be arranged where the laser source and the sampling probe are on the same side of a primary surface of the specimen stage. The testing solution can then be analyzed using an analytical instrument or undergo further processing.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1117871
Patent Number(s):
8637813
Application Number:
12/896,018
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Oct 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Van Berkel, Gary J, and Kertesz, Vilmos. System and method for laser assisted sample transfer to solution for chemical analysis. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Van Berkel, Gary J, & Kertesz, Vilmos. System and method for laser assisted sample transfer to solution for chemical analysis. United States.
Van Berkel, Gary J, and Kertesz, Vilmos. Tue . "System and method for laser assisted sample transfer to solution for chemical analysis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1117871.
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