Patent ID: 7041401

Claim:
A magnetically modified electrode comprising an electrically conducting material having a catalytic material on at least a portion of at least one surface thereof, said catalytic material comprising: (i) at least one catalyst component comprising a metalloprotein that mediates a subatomic particle transfer process; (ii) at least one ion conducting material; and (iii) a plurality of magnetic and/or magnetizable particles, wherein said magnetic particles have a magnetic field of sufficient strength to alter the rate of and/or distribution of products resulting from a chemical reaction involving said magnetic particles or occurring within the vicinity of said magnetic particles, and further wherein said magnetizable particles have been or are exposed to a magnetic field of sufficient strength for a sufficient time to align the magnetic moments of a portion of atoms at least some of said particles, and further wherein said portion of atoms aligned within each of said magnetizable particles is sufficient to alter the rate of and/or distribution of products resulting from a chemical reaction involving said magnetizable particles or occurring within the vicinity of said magnetizable particles.