Patent ID: 6849460
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C07F,C40B,G01H,G01J,G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method of characterizing a library of materials contained in an array, said method comprising the steps of: providing an infrared transmitting substrate; depositing an array of at least 9 different materials on said substrate; simultaneously irradiating said array of materials with a modulated beam of infrared radiation, wherein at least a portion of said modulated beam interacts with at least one of said materials; optically focusing radiation passing through said array onto a focal plane array of a high speed infrared camera, wherein said infrared camera captures position sensitive intensity profiles sequentially in time; transforming said sequential intensity profiles into a complete infrared spectrum using Fourier analysis; and comparing said materials for relative performance for identifying useful resulting materials.