Methods for improved preconcentrators
| Patent Number: | 7,727,314 |
| Issued: | 6/1/2010 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | The present invention relates generally to chemical analysis (e.g. by gas chromatography), and in particular to a compact chemical preconcentrator formed on a substrate with a heatable sorptive membrane that can be used to accumulate and concentrate one or more chemical species of interest over time and then rapidly release the concentrated chemical species upon demand for chemical analysis. |
| Filed: | 1/30/2007 |
| Application Number: | 11/699,904 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |