Microchannel Impactor
1 Micron Spheres Impacted
on the Surface of the
Collector
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Project: Micro-capillary collector that allows
aerosol delivery to microliter or nanoliter droplets
Overview of R&D for the Department of Homeland Security and
National Institutes of Health:
- Develop technology that enables aerosol delivery to
microliter or nanoliter droplets
- Use of concentrator reduces flow rate sufficiently to
allow concentrated aerosol stream to flow through
micro-capillary
- Tight bends in capillary cause particles to impact on
inner walls of capillary
Benefits of this technology include:
- High-volume sampling of aerosol particles with delivery to
small liquid volumes for liquid-based assays
- Rapid acquisition of high-concentration samples
- Ability to elute particles from capillary wall using very
small (nanoliter to microliter) droplets
- 100% collection in capillary for particles 1 micron in
diameter or larger
- Ability to readily achieve a concentration factor of 109
Applications of this technology include delivery of
aerosol particles to liquid-based arrays for:
- Military
- Civilian security
- Environmental monitoring
- Personal exposure monitoring
- Medical diagnostics
- Other biomedical applications
Click here for a PDF datasheet about our advanced
aerosol sampling, concentration and delivery tools that
enable significantly higher flow rates and concentrated
particle collection.
For more information about our research and
development activities and partnership opportunities, please
contact us at
research@enertechnix.com.
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