Software for Drop Shape Analysis - University of Warwick

[Pages:143]Software for Drop Shape Analysis

Installation and Operation Manual

V1.72-02 ? KR?SS GmbH, Hamburg 2004-2009

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Introduction ....................................................................................................7 1 Installation....................................................................................................10

1.1 Main program......................................................................................................................10 1.2 DSA Mapping Editor.............................................................................................................13 1.3 Deinstallation .......................................................................................................................13

2 Introduction to the software .........................................................................14

2.1 General information about program operation .....................................................................14 2.2 Program start .......................................................................................................................14 2.3 The program desktop ...........................................................................................................15 2.4 Command icons ...................................................................................................................16 2.5 Keyboard control of the DSA100 ..........................................................................................17 2.6 Basic principles: measurements with templates (MTs)............................................................18 2.7 Data management and processing: the "Results-DB" ............................................................19

3 Measurements without running an MT..........................................................20

3.1 Single Measurements (using demo images)...........................................................................20 3.1.1 Single measurement of a contact angle..........................................................................21 3.1.2 Single measurement of the surface tension (SFT) ............................................................23

3.2 Series measurements ............................................................................................................26

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4 The Control Panel (CPanel) ............................................................................27

4.1 Illumination..........................................................................................................................27

4.2 Sample table positioning ......................................................................................................28 4.2.1 Stored axis positions ......................................................................................................29 4.2.2 Axis movement modes...................................................................................................30 4.2.3 Movement velocity ........................................................................................................31 4.2.4 "Options"......................................................................................................................31 4.2.5 Controlling a tilting table ...............................................................................................32

4.3 Needle positioning ...............................................................................................................33 4.3.1 Automatic needle positioning ("auto scan") ...................................................................33 4.3.2 Stored needle positions..................................................................................................34

4.4 Syringe selection and dosing.................................................................................................35 4.4.1 Dosing mode.................................................................................................................36 4.4.2 Refill options .................................................................................................................37 4.4.3 Empty, rinse, reset syringe .............................................................................................37

4.5 Setting the zoom and focus..................................................................................................38

4.6 DSA100M (Micro): table positioning and dosing...................................................................39

4.7 Adjusting the humidity for HC10 ..........................................................................................40

5 Using the MTs...............................................................................................41

5.1 Management .......................................................................................................................41

5.2 Processing MTs and SDMs ....................................................................................................42 5.2.1 Start MT/SDM................................................................................................................42 5.2.2 Stop running MT/SDM ...................................................................................................42 5.2.3 Adapting MT/SDM per teach-in (CPanel) ........................................................................43

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5.2.4 Implementing the MT settings ("Realize settings")..........................................................43 5.2.5 Adapt MT manually .......................................................................................................43

6 Programming MTs: the MT-Wizard................................................................44

6.1 Guide to the Wizard menu ...................................................................................................46

6.2 "Project overview" ? basic MT properties ..............................................................................47

6.3 "Syringe Assignment" ? syringe liquids .................................................................................48

6.4 System Information ? drop type and measuring quantity ......................................................49

6.5 Phase assignment: droplet, substrate, environment...............................................................50 6.5.1 Selecting the drop phase ("Droplet Phase") ....................................................................50 6.5.2 Solid ("Substrate Phase") ...............................................................................................51 6.5.3 ,,Environment Phase".....................................................................................................51 6.5.4 Physical Data .................................................................................................................52 6.5.5 Phase assignment for Schultz 1......................................................................................52

6.6 "Dispensing" ? dosing mode and dosing rate .......................................................................53

6.7 "Drop Deposition"................................................................................................................54

6.8 "Sequence" ? movement and measuring sequence ...............................................................56

6.9 "Needle" and "Table" positions ............................................................................................58

6.10 "Measurement" ? measurement or video recording ..............................................................59 6.10.1 "Online-Computation" - direct measurement .................................................................59 6.10.2 ,,Video Recording".........................................................................................................60 6.10.3 Saving, playing back and evaluating videos ....................................................................63

6.11 "Computation" - drop shape analysis....................................................................................64 6.11.1 Evaluation methods .......................................................................................................64 6.11.2 Determining the baseline ("Baseline Detection").............................................................65

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