Real-time monitoring of sub-ppb concentrations of aromatic volatiles with a MEMS-enabled miniaturized gas-chromatograph

S Zampolli, I Elmi, F Mancarella, P Betti… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2009 - Elsevier
Micromachined gas-chromatographic (GC) components in combination with high sensitivity
MOX detectors and novel pre-concentration materials were utilized to develop a …

Micromachined GC columns for fast separation of organophosphonate and organosulfur compounds

AD Radadia, RI Masel, MA Shannon… - Analytical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
This article demonstrates how to prepare microfabricated columns (microcolumns) for
organophosphonate and organosulfur compound separation that rival the performance of …

Low Reynolds number flow across an array of cylindrical microposts in a microchannel and figure-of-merit analysis of micropost-filled microreactors

J Yeom, DD Agonafer, JH Han… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Micropost-filled reactors are commonly found in many micro-total analysis system
applications because of their large surface area for the surrounding volume. Design rules for …

Fabrication and characterization of a suspended TCD integrated with a gas separation column

S Narayanan, M Agah - Journal of Microelectromechanical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports the design, fabrication, and performance evaluation of a unique high
aspect ratio resistor on glass employed in a micro thermal conductivity detector (μTCD) …

Characterization of a micro-helium discharge detector for gas chromatography

S Narayanan, G Rice, M Agah - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015 - Elsevier
The characterization of a miniaturized helium discharge ionization detector (μHDID) for
micro gas chromatography through a number of parameterized experimental measurements …

Gas analyte spectrum sharpening and separation with multi-dimensional micro-GC for gas chromatography analysis

TKA Chou, SC Chu, CS Cheng, LP Wang… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
The disclosure describes embodiments of an apparatus including a first gas chromatograph
including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a first temperature control. A controller is coupled to …

Cascaded gas chromatographs (CGCs) with individual temperature control and gas analysis systems using same

LP Wang, CL Huang, TKA Chou - US Patent 8,999,245, 2015 - Google Patents
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Gas collection and analysis system with front-end and back-end pre-concentrators and moisture removal

TKA Chou, LP Wang, CJ Lu, SC Chu… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Embodiments of a front-end pre-concentrator module, a back-end pre-concentrator module
and a gas analysis Sub system are disclosed, as well as gas analysis systems using …

Surface energy approach and AFM verification of the (CF) n treated surface effect and its correlation with adhesion reduction in microvalves

J Han, J Yeom, G Mensing, D Joe… - Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this paper is to outline an approach that will determine the optimal surface
pairs to use in a MEMS device with demonstrated stiction problems. The approach uses the …

Handheld gas analysis systems for point-of-care medical applications

LP Wang, CL Huang, TKA Chou - US Patent 8,695,401, 2014 - Google Patents
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