Systems and methods for employing optical probes to characterize

Details Systems and methods for employing optical probes to characterize Systems and methods for employing optical probes to characterize

1998-07-08

2000-11-21

Font, Frank G.

Optics: measuring and testing

Of light reflection

G01N 2155

Patent

active

061511234

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for screening diverse arrays of materials are provided. In particular, the present invention provides techniques for interrogating organic materials, inorganic materials, or polymers on predefined regions of a substrate, using optical probe molecules to measure properties of these materials. This invention involves the use of environment-sensitive probes, such as dye probes, to enable parallel, rapid and efficient characterization of important material properties, including glass-transition temperatures, polarity, hydrogen bonding and other intermolecular interactions. These methods can be applied to crystalline or amorphous materials, polymeric or small-molecule materials, pure materials or mixtures, and to materials in bulk, particles, thin films, dispersions, emulsions, and solutions.

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