Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/164 AC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria.
Talanta. 2010 Jan 15;80(3):1081-7. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.08.018.
The development of new analytical techniques often requires the building of specially designed devices, each requiring its own dedicated control software. Especially in the research and development phase, LabVIEW has proven to be one highly useful tool for developing this software. Yet, it is still common practice to develop individual solutions for different instruments. In contrast to this, we present here a single LabVIEW-based program that can be directly applied to various analytical tasks without having to change the program code. Driven by a set of simple script commands, it can control a whole range of instruments, from valves and pumps to full-scale spectrometers. Fluid sample (pre-)treatment and separation procedures can thus be flexibly coupled to a wide range of analytical detection methods. Here, the capabilities of the program have been demonstrated by using it for the control of both a sequential injection analysis - capillary electrophoresis (SIA-CE) system with UV detection, and an analytical setup for studying the inhibition of enzymatic reactions using a SIA system with FTIR detection.
新分析技术的发展通常需要构建专门设计的设备，每个设备都需要自己专用的控制软件。特别是在研究和开发阶段，LabVIEW 已被证明是开发这种软件的一种非常有用的工具。然而，为不同的仪器开发单独的解决方案仍然是常见的做法。与此相反，我们在这里提出了一个基于单个 LabVIEW 的程序，它可以直接应用于各种分析任务，而无需更改程序代码。通过一组简单的脚本命令来驱动，它可以控制从阀门和泵到全谱光谱仪等各种仪器。因此，可以灵活地将流体样品（预处理）和分离程序与各种分析检测方法相结合。在这里，通过使用该程序控制带有 UV 检测的顺序注射分析 - 毛细管电泳 (SIA-CE) 系统和使用带有 FTIR 检测的 SIA 系统研究酶反应抑制的分析装置，展示了该程序的功能。
