Claims
- 1. An apparatus for manipulating particles comprising an aerosol, said apparatus comprising:
a substrate; an aerosol inlet for receiving said particles a gas moving means, wherein said gas moving means and aerosol inlet are in fluid communication, said gas moving means for drawing some of said particles into said apparatus forming thereby an aerosol stream; and a UV laser light source, wherein said UV laser light source is mounted on said substrate after said aerosol inlet and disposed at right angle to said aerosol stream, said UV laser diode light source for illuminating said particles in said aerosol stream in order to induce a fluorescence response in some of said particles.
- 2. The apparatus, of claim 1, wherein said gas moving means is a mechanical pump, a sorp pump, a fan, or any means for establishing a flow of particles through said apparatus.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is made by using a micro-machining process.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising means for re-directing a particle out of said aerosol stream.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said means for re-directing comprises electrical means for re-directing said particle.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said substrate comprises a plurality of substrates.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said plurality of substrates is a layered stack of substrates.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said apparatus is made by using a micro-machining process.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 1, further including a source of electrical power.
- 10. The apparatus of claim 1, additionally including one or more characterization modules on said substrate, and combining said characterization modules either in parallel or in series to enable simultaneous analysis of a plurality of properties of said particles.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of aerosol preconditioners and a plurality of associated characterization modules wherein said preconditioners and said associated characterization modules are arranged in an array made on said substrate.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said substrate is a layered stack of substrates.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application for U.S. patent is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority to, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/469,718, filed Dec. 21, 1999, now allowed, which is itself related to Provisional Application Serial No. 60/151,815, filed Aug. 30, 1999, entitled “APPARATUS TO COLLECT, CLASSIFY, CONCENTRATE, AND CHARACTERIZE GAS-BORNE PARTICLES”.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
[0002] The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000 between the United States Department of Energy and the Sandia Corporation for the operation of the Sandia National Laboratories.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60151815 |
Aug 1999 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09469718 |
Dec 1999 |
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10137983 |
Apr 2002 |
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