Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stop-start method in a microfluidic calorimeter
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Application No.: US15805650Application Date: 2017-11-07
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Publication No.: US10677661B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Masoud Modaresifar , Gregory J. Kowalski
- Applicant: Northeastern University
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Northeastern University
- Current Assignee: Northeastern University
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01K17/00
- IPC: G01K17/00 ; G01K1/00 ; G01K13/00 ; G01K11/32 ; B01L3/00 ; G01N25/48

Abstract:
A method for calorimetry includes flowing a first fluid through a co-flow reactor microchannel having plural inlets and an outlet, the first fluid flowing through each of the inlets, and measuring transmission of light through a Nano Hole Array (NHA) sensor to obtain a baseline extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) measurement. The flow of the first fluid is stopped, the microchannel is emptied of the first fluid, and the first fluid and a second fluid are passed through the microchannel such that a reaction occurs, the first fluid flowing through a first of the inlets and the second fluid flowing through a second of the inlets. While flowing the first and second fluids, transmission of light through the NHA sensor is measured to obtain a reaction EOT measurement. A calorimetry measurement, indicative of energy released during the reaction, is calculated as a function of the baseline and reaction EOT measurements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180128693A1 STOP-START METHOD IN A MICROFLUIDIC CALORIMETER Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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