Patent ID: 9719985
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of reacting a material with a surfactant based biofilm and detecting the reaction of the material, comprising (a) providing a reactive structure comprising a substrate with a surfactant based biofilm that is known to change shape as determined by light reflectivity and/or reflective light scattering methods when the surfactant based biofilm is exposed to the material, the surfactant based biofilm comprising a DOPC surfactant based biofilm; (b) exposing the surfactant based biofilm to the material to produce the reaction with the material in the predetermined manner, and (c) detecting the reaction of the material with the surfactant based biofilm by directing light at the material with the surfactant based biofilm and detecting the light reflected from or scattered by the material with the surfactant based biofilm.