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    Method and apparatus for characterizing materials by using a mechanical resonator
    1.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for characterizing materials by using a mechanical resonator 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20020178787A1

    公开(公告)日：2002-12-05

    申请号：US10201181

    申请日：2002-07-23

    Applicant: Symyx Technologies, Inc.

    Inventor： Leonid Matsiev ,  James Bennett ,  Eric McFarland

    IPC: G01N029/02

    CPC classification number: G01H13/00 ,  B01J2219/00704 ,  G01N9/002 ,  G01N9/34 ,  G01N11/16 ,  G01N29/022 ,  G01N29/036 ,  G01N29/30 ,  G01N29/348 ,  G01N29/42 ,  G01N29/4418 ,  G01N29/4427 ,  G01N29/4436 ,  G01N2009/006 ,  G01N2291/014 ,  G01N2291/0224 ,  G01N2291/0255 ,  G01N2291/0256 ,  G01N2291/02818 ,  G01N2291/0422 ,  G01N2291/0423 ,  G01N2291/0427 ,  G10K11/02

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring properties of a liquid composition includes a mechanical resonator, such as a thickness shear mode resonator or a tuning fork resonator, connected to a measurement circuit. The measurement circuit provides a variable frequency input signal to the tuning fork, causing the mechanical resonator to oscillate. To test the properties of a liquid composition, the mechanical resonator is placed inside a sample well containing a small amount of the liquid. The input signal is then sent to the mechanical resonator and swept over a selected frequency range, preferably less than 1 MHz to prevent the liquid being tested from exhibiting gel-like characteristics and causing false readings. The mechanical resonator's response over the frequency range depends on various characteristics of the liquid being tested, such as the temperature, viscosity, and other physical properties. Particular mechanical resonators, such as tuning fork resonators, can also be used to measure a liquid composition's electrical properties, such as the dielectric constant and conductivity, because the tuning fork's structure allows a high degree of electrical coupling between the tuning fork and the surrounding liquid. The mechanical resonator can be covered with a coating to impart additional special detection properties to the resonator, and multiple resonators can be attached together as a single sensor to obtain multiple frequency responses. The invention is particularly suitable for combinatorial chemistry applications, which require rapid analysis of chemical properties for screening.

    Method and apparatus for characterizing materials by using a mechanical resonator
    9.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for characterizing materials by using a mechanical resonator 失效

    公开(公告)号：US20030041653A1

    公开(公告)日：2003-03-06

    申请号：US10266047

    申请日：2002-10-07

    Applicant: Symyx Technologies, Inc.

    Inventor： Leonid Matsiev ,  James Bennett ,  Eric McFarland

    IPC: G01N011/10

    CPC classification number: G01H13/00 ,  B01J2219/00704 ,  G01N9/002 ,  G01N9/34 ,  G01N11/16 ,  G01N29/022 ,  G01N29/036 ,  G01N29/30 ,  G01N29/348 ,  G01N29/42 ,  G01N29/4418 ,  G01N29/4427 ,  G01N29/4436 ,  G01N2009/006 ,  G01N2291/014 ,  G01N2291/0224 ,  G01N2291/0255 ,  G01N2291/0256 ,  G01N2291/02818 ,  G01N2291/0422 ,  G01N2291/0423 ,  G01N2291/0427 ,  G10K11/02

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring properties of a liquid composition includes a mechanical resonator, such as a thickness shear mode resonator or a tuning fork resonator, connected to a measurement circuit. The measurement circuit provides a variable frequency input signal to the tuning fork, causing the mechanical resonator to oscillate. To test the properties of a liquid composition, the mechanical resonator is placed inside a sample well containing a small amount of the liquid. The input signal is then sent to the mechanical resonator and swept over a selected frequency range, preferably less than 1 MHz to prevent the liquid being tested from exhibiting gel-like characteristics and causing false readings. The mechanical resonator's response over the frequency range depends on various characteristics of the liquid being tested, such as the temperature, viscosity, and other physical properties. Particular mechanical resonators, such as tuning fork resonators, can also be used to measure a liquid composition's electrical properties, such as the dielectric constant and conductivity, because the tuning fork's structure allows a high degree of electrical coupling between the tuning fork and the surrounding liquid. The mechanical resonator can be covered with a coating to impart additional special detection properties to the resonator, and multiple resonators can be attached together as a single sensor to obtain multiple frequency responses. The invention is particularly suitable for combinatorial chemistry applications, which require rapid analysis of chemical properties for screening.

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