Hand portable thin-layer chromatography system
Abstract
A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.
- Inventors:
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- San Ramon, CA
- Modesto, CA
- Oakley, CA
- La Honda, CA
- Livermore, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873122
- Patent Number(s):
- 6096205
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- hand; portable; thin-layer; chromatography; field-deployable; tlc; unit; battery-operated; illumination; data; acquisition; plates; contain; miniaturized; features; permit; samples; processed; efficiently; solvent; tank; holder; variety; tool; chambers; storing; pipettes; processing; plate; positioned; collapsible; box; ccd; camera; optically; aligned; optimal; pixel; resolution; images; improved; chamber; chemical; prevents; overflow; ccd camera; data acquisition; optically aligned; thin-layer chromatography; hand portable; /210/422/
Citation Formats
Haas, Jeffrey S, Kelly, Fredrick R, Bushman, John F, Wiefel, Michael H, and Jensen, Wayne A. Hand portable thin-layer chromatography system. United States: N. p., 2000.
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Haas, Jeffrey S, Kelly, Fredrick R, Bushman, John F, Wiefel, Michael H, & Jensen, Wayne A. Hand portable thin-layer chromatography system. United States.
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"Hand portable thin-layer chromatography system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873122.
@article{osti_873122,
title = {Hand portable thin-layer chromatography system},
author = {Haas, Jeffrey S and Kelly, Fredrick R and Bushman, John F and Wiefel, Michael H and Jensen, Wayne A},
abstractNote = {A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000}
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