Microfabrication of high temperature micro-reactors for continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 461-470

  Tobias, Herbert J ^a   Brenna, J Thomas ^a  

^a Savage Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Gas chromatography; High purity fused silica; High temperature; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Micro reactor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA TUBE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARRIER FLOW; CHANNEL DIAMETERS; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; COMBUSTION SOURCES; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRIES; FAST GC; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; FUSED-SILICA CAPILLARIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY SEPARATIONS; HIGH PURITY FUSED SILICA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INPUT/OUTPUT; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTROPIC WET ETCHING; LARGE BORE; LONG-PATH; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROFABRICATED; MIRROR IMAGES; PEAK SHAPES; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; REACTOR CHANNELS; ROBUST OPERATION; STANDARD DESIGN;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BATCH REACTORS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMBUSTION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFABRICATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SILICA; SPECTROMETERS; WET ETCHING;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 77956262252     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0563-x     Document Type: Article

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