Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Chemical reactor – Bench scale
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Warden, Jill (Department: 1743)
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Chemical reactor
Bench scale
C422S129000, C422S091000, C422S105000, C436S052000, C436S053000, C436S180000, C436S037000, C137S884000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06890493
ABSTRACT:
A chemical processing microsystem useful for identifying and optimizing materials (e.g., catalysts) that enhance chemical processes or for characterizing and/or optimizing chemical processes is disclosed. The chemical processing microsystem comprises a plurality of microreactors600and, in a preferred embodiment, a plurality of microseparators900integral with the chemical processing microsystem10. The microreactors600are preferably diffusion-mixed microreactors formed in a plurality of laminae that include a modular, interchangeable candidate-material array100. The material array100comprises a plurality of different candidate materials (e.g., catalysts), preferably arranged at separate, individually addressable portions of a substrate (e.g., wafer). The microseparators900are similarly formed in a plurality of laminae that include a modular, interchangeable adsorbent array700. The adsorbent array700comprises one or more adsorbents, preferably arranged at separate, individually addressable portions of a substrate to spatially correspond to the plurality of different candidate materials. Modular microfluidic distribution systems are also disclosed. The chemical processing microsystem can be integrated into a material evaluation system that enables a comprehensive combinatorial material science research program.
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Bergh H. Sam
Guan Shenheng
Quan Elizabeth
Symyx Technologies Inc.
Warden Jill
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