Patent ID: 7998418

Claim:
A micro-fluidic evaporator for evaporating a target from a liquid solution, the evaporator comprising: a vial having an interior volume with a first end and a second end, the liquid solution being disposed in the vial extending from the second end toward the first end; a gas source capable of accelerating evaporation of the target; a first micro-fluidic pathway extending from the gas source to an exhaust point near the second end of the vial and for inputting the gas at the exhaust point from the gas source at an input rate such that the gas effervesces through the liquid solution without substantial splashing and without exploding the liquid solution and thereby accelerates evaporation of the target from the liquid solution producing the evaporated gas; a second fluidic pathway extending from near the first end of the vial to a location external to the vial and for moving the evaporated target from the interior volume of the vial to a location external of the vial.