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Microwave heating of aqueous samples on a micro-optical-electro-mechanical system

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OSTI ID:1246827

Apparatus for heating a sample includes a microchip; a microchannel flow channel in the microchip, the microchannel flow channel containing the sample; a microwave source that directs microwaves onto the sample for heating the sample; a wall section of the microchannel flow channel that receives the microwaves and enables the microwaves to pass through wall section of the microchannel flow channel, the wall section the microchannel flow channel being made of a material that is not appreciably heated by the microwaves; a carrier fluid within the microchannel flow channel for moving the sample in the microchannel flow channel, the carrier fluid being made of a material that is not appreciably heated by the microwaves; wherein the microwaves pass through wall section of the microchannel flow channel and heat the sample.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,313,833
Application Number:
14/601,922
OSTI ID:
1246827
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Microwave dielectric heating of fluids in an integrated microfluidic device journal October 2007
Microwave-assisted high-speed PCR journal February 2003
The microwave absorption of emulsions containing aqueous micro- and nanodroplets: A means to optimize microwave heating journal October 2006
Bounds for local and average microwave absorption in heterogeneous systems journal February 2008

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