An analytical method and apparatus
AssigneeApoha Limited
InventorShamit Shrivastava
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Abstract
An aspect of the disclosure provides an analytical method using surface waves on a liquid system for determining a property of a test substance, the analytical method comprising: obtaining a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with the reference substance; obtaining a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance; determining a property of the test substance based on: the reference indication; and, the test indication.
Claims24
An analytical method using surface waves on a liquid system for determining a property of a test substance, the analytical method comprising:
- obtaining a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with the reference substance;
- obtaining a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance;
- determining a property of the test substance based on:
- the reference indication;
- and,
- the test indication.
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The analytical method of claim 9 wherein the property of the test substance comprises at least one of:
- (1) the partition coefficient, wherein the partition coefficient is the ratio of the concentration of the test substance and the bulk liquid phase;
- (2) the viscosity of the test substance;
- (3) the charge of the test substance;
- (4) the solubility of the test substance in the liquid system;
- (5) the chemical potential per mol of the test substance;
- (6) the enthalpy of interactions between the test substance and the liquid system;
- (7) the identity of the test substance
- (8) the enthalpy of transition for conformational degrees of freedom of the test substance
- (9) the hydrophobicity of the test substance.
- (10) the hydrodynamic radius of the test substance;
- (11) the interfacial free energy of the test substance;
- (12) the thermodynamic susceptibilities of the test substance.
A controller configured to:
- obtain a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with the reference substance;
- obtain a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance;
- determine a property of the test substance based on:
- the reference indication;
- and,
- the test indication.
A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions configured to program a processor to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of a liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with a reference substance;
- obtaining a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance;
- determining a property of the test substance based on:
- the reference indication;
- and,
- the test indication.
A method for determining a property of a test substance comprising:
- (a) encoding the test substance as a wave through a non-solid medium by chemical excitation;
- (b) processing the wave through the non-solid medium, wherein the processing modifies one or more features of the wave into one or more processed wave features according to one or more conditions of the non-solid medium;
- (c) decoding the one or more processed wave features to obtain a test indication;
- and
- (d) comparing the test indication to a reference indication to determine a property of the test substance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.