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Fast Amperometry

This page documents the Fast Amperometry (FAM) method.

pypalmsens.FastAmperometry

Create fast amperometry method parameters.

Fast amperometry is a form of Amperometric Detection (Chronoamperometry) but with very high sampling rates or very short interval times.

Methods:

  • to_dict

    Return the technique instance as a new key/value dictionary mapping.

  • from_dict

    Structure technique instance from dict.

  • from_method_id

    Create new instance of appropriate technique from method ID.

Attributes:

general class-attribute instance-attribute

general: General = Field(default_factory=General)

Sets general/other settings.

multiplexer class-attribute instance-attribute

multiplexer: Multiplexer = Field(default_factory=Multiplexer)

Set the multiplexer settings.

data_processing class-attribute instance-attribute

data_processing: DataProcessing = Field(default_factory=DataProcessing)

Set the data processing settings.

measurement_triggers class-attribute instance-attribute

measurement_triggers: MeasurementTriggers = Field(default_factory=MeasurementTriggers)

Set the trigger at measurement settings.

equilibrion_triggers class-attribute instance-attribute

equilibrion_triggers: EquilibrationTriggers = Field(default_factory=EquilibrationTriggers)

Set the trigger at equilibration settings.

ir_drop_compensation class-attribute instance-attribute

ir_drop_compensation: IrDropCompensation = Field(default_factory=IrDropCompensation)

Set the iR drop compensation settings.

charge_limits class-attribute instance-attribute

charge_limits: ChargeLimits = Field(default_factory=ChargeLimits)

Set the charge limit settings.

current_limits class-attribute instance-attribute

current_limits: CurrentLimits = Field(default_factory=CurrentLimits)

Set the current limit settings.

post_measurement class-attribute instance-attribute

post_measurement: PostMeasurement = Field(default_factory=PostMeasurement)

Set the post measurement settings.

bipot class-attribute instance-attribute

bipot: BiPot = Field(default_factory=BiPot)

Set the bipot settings.

versus_ocp class-attribute instance-attribute

versus_ocp: VersusOCP = Field(default_factory=VersusOCP)

Set the versus OCP settings.

pretreatment class-attribute instance-attribute

pretreatment: Pretreatment = Field(default_factory=Pretreatment)

Set the pretreatment settings.

id class-attribute instance-attribute

id: Literal['fam'] = 'fam'

Unique method identifier.

current_range class-attribute instance-attribute

current_range: AllowedCurrentRanges = '100nA'

Fixed current range.

See pypalmsens.settings.AllowedCurrentRanges for options.

equilibration_time class-attribute instance-attribute

equilibration_time: float = 0.0

Equilibration time in s.

equilibration_potential class-attribute instance-attribute

equilibration_potential: float = 1.0

Equilibration potential at which the measurement starts in V.

interval_time class-attribute instance-attribute

interval_time: float = 0.1

Time between two current samples in s.

potential class-attribute instance-attribute

potential: float = 0.5

Potential during measurement in V.

Note that this value is not relative to 'equilibration_potential`. The current is continuously sampled during this stage.

run_time class-attribute instance-attribute

run_time: float = 1.0

Total run time of the measurement in s.

Applicable run time: 1 ms to 30 s.

to_dict

to_dict() -> dict[str, Any]

Return the technique instance as a new key/value dictionary mapping.

Source code in src/pypalmsens/_methods/base.py
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def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """Return the technique instance as a new key/value dictionary mapping."""
    return self.model_dump()

from_dict classmethod

from_dict(obj: dict[str, Any]) -> BaseTechnique

Structure technique instance from dict.

Opposite of .to_dict()

Source code in src/pypalmsens/_methods/base.py
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@classmethod
def from_dict(cls, obj: dict[str, Any]) -> BaseTechnique:
    """Structure technique instance from dict.

    Opposite of `.to_dict()`"""
    return cls.model_validate(obj)

from_method_id classmethod

from_method_id(id: str) -> BaseTechnique

Create new instance of appropriate technique from method ID.

Source code in src/pypalmsens/_methods/base.py
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@classmethod
def from_method_id(cls, id: str) -> BaseTechnique:
    """Create new instance of appropriate technique from method ID."""
    new = cls._registry[id]
    return new()