Abstract:
A parallel reactor system including a reactor and vessels in the reactor for holding reaction mixtures (9M), and a cannula (21) for introducing fluid reaction material into the vessels. A robot system (23) is operable to insert the cannula into cannula passages in the reactor for delivery of reaction materials, including condensed gases (507), to respective vessels (9M), and to withdraw the cannula from the cannula passages after delivery. Related methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for characterizing a library is provided in which the library contains an array of elements and each element contains a different combination of materials. The apparatus includes an x-ray beam directed at the library, a chamber which houses the library and a beam line for directing the x-ray beam onto the library in the chamber. The chamber may include a translation stage that holds the library and that is programmable to change the position of the library relative to the x-ray beam and a controller that controls the movement of the translation stage to expose an element to the x-beam in order to rapidly characterize the element in the library. During the characterization, the x-ray beam scatters off of the element and a detector detects the scattered x-ray beam in order to generate characterization data for the element.