Attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy apparatus, and attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy method
AssigneeHamamatsu Photonics K.K.
InventorsKazuki Horita, Kouichiro Akiyama, Yoichi Kawada, Hiroshi Satozono
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Abstract
An ATR apparatus includes a prism having a reflection surface, a holding unit holding a sample including a suspension on the reflection surface, and an adjustment unit adjusting a fluidal state of the sample held on the reflection surface. The adjustment unit adjusts the fluidal state of the sample to a first fluidal state in order to acquire a first detection result relating to the sample in the first fluidal state and adjusts the fluidal state of the sample to a second fluidal state in order to acquire a second detection result relating to the sample in the second fluidal state.
Claims14
An attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy apparatus comprising:
- an optical element having a reflection surface;
- a holding receptacle configured to hold a sample including a suspension on the reflection surface;
- and
- an adjustment unit configured to adjust a fluidal state of the sample held on the reflection surface,
- wherein the adjustment unit is configured to
- adjust the fluidal state of the sample to a first fluidal state in order to acquire a first detection result relating to the sample in the first fluidal state, and
- adjust the fluidal state of the sample to a second fluidal state in order to acquire a second detection result relating to the sample in the second fluidal state, and
- wherein the first detection result in the first fluidal state and the second detection result in the second fluidal state are detection results of the same sample.
An attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy method comprising:
- a first step of holding a sample including a suspension on a reflection surface;
- a second step of adjusting a fluidal state of the sample such that the sample held on the reflection surface is in a first fluidal state;
- a third step of acquiring a first detection result relating to the sample in the first fluidal state;
- a fourth step of adjusting the fluidal state of the sample such that the sample held on the reflection surface is in a second fluidal state;
- and
- a fifth step of acquiring a second detection result relating to the sample in the second fluidal state,
- wherein the first detection result in the first fluidal state and the second detection result in the second fluidal state are detection results of the same sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.