International Business Machines Corporation

Roy J Gritter

James Economy

Hiroyuki Hiraoka

Gary E Adams

John M Casper

Effluent from an LC is passed through a thermospray nozzle which flash vaporizes substantially all of the solvent while directing any sample components as a collimated beam onto a moving tape so that the various components form spots on the tape. The tape is moved along a path that intercepts the optical path of an FTIR spectrometer whereby IR energy from the spectrometer is passed through each sample component and is then spectrally analyzed. The tape can be wound up, stored, and later used for further analysis of the spots, as desired, in the FTIR spectrometer.

LC/FTIR System with thermospray solvent separation

The sensitivity of a positive working electron beam resist is increased by using as the resist material a resin which is a condensation product of formaldehyde with a phenol or a cresol having a chloro substituent ortho to the hydroxyl group on its aromatic ring.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Roy J Gritter