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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2005
Miroslav Petro, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary M. Diamond, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Harding Mcwaid, Fremont, CA (US);
Keith Anthony Hall, San Jose, CA (US);
LI Song, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Trevor G. Frank, Fremont, CA (US);
Miroslav Petro, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary M. Diamond, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Harding McWaid, Fremont, CA (US);
Keith Anthony Hall, San Jose, CA (US);
Li Song, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Trevor G. Frank, Fremont, CA (US);
Symyx Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to liquid chromatography techniques for rapidly characterizing samples, such as polymer solutions, emulsions and dispersions, and to devices for implementing such techniques. The system includes a design that provides the ability to perform chromatographic separations by using mobile phase composition gradients and temperature gradients during separations. The invention accomplishes this by providing mixing zones for a plurality of fluids as well as heated and chilled feeds feeding the fluids to the mixing zones. Additionally, the system provides the ability to analyze separated components with a detector and/or collect separated fractions into vessels of a fraction collector for further separation and/or analysis.