Patent ID: 9574232
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: C07K,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A method of increasing a rate and a degree of completion of a reaction between a first reactant in a liquid phase and a second reactant on a surface of a solid, the method comprising: a) contacting the solid with the liquid phase; b) concentrating the first reactant in the liquid phase near the second reactant on the surface of the solid by performing isotachophoresis (ITP) within the liquid phase using a trailing electrolyte (TE) and a leading electrolyte (LE), such that the first reactant in the liquid phase is concentrated at a LE-TE interface near the second reactant on the surface of the solid; c) reacting the first reactant in the liquid phase with the second reactant on the surface of the solid; and d) removing the liquid phase by displacing the liquid phase with an immiscible liquid or a gas, thereby impeding the reverse reaction and increasing the rate and the degree of completion of the reaction.