IR-ATR-BASED PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF SAMPLE IN THE NANOLITER RANGE

摘要

A process and an are described, which enable the analysis of very small amounts of sample (2) by infrared spectroscopy method. The invention relates in particular to a method which includes the following steps: aspirating the liquid sample (2) into a metering apparatus (1), metering the sample (2) onto the optical element (4) of an ATR apparatus, drying the sample (6), carrying out an ATR-IR spectroscopy measurement, forecasting the concentration of the analytes to be detected using a model-based calibration procedure.