Patent ID: 7348182
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B01J,C12N,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for accelerating a biospecific interaction of a reactant in an aqueous or organic solution proximal to a surface, said method comprising: (a) contacting a composite with said reactant, said composite comprising: (i) a solid material susceptible to microwave heating attached to (ii) a surface molecule, (b) applying an electromagnetic field of a wavelength of between 1 cm and 100 m to said composite resulting in direct microwave heating of said solid material, without substantially heating said aqueous or organic solution so that the temperature of the solid material is higher than that of the surface molecule, and (c) allowing said composite to react with said reactant, wherein the reactant is thermally proximal to the composite, whereby the reactant is heated by heat transfer from the heated solid material and binds to the surface molecule at a greater rate than without heating from the heated soild material, thereby accelerating said biospecific interaction.