Biological Applications of Microwaves

Abstract

Microwaves are increasingly being used for a variety of biological purposes. Due to their rapid heating ability, they have proven of significant utility in extraction, disinfection, tissue processing, biomedical imaging, etc. Major advantages provided by microwaves are reduced time for particular treatment, rate enhancement, and minimum degradation of the sample. Temperature monitoring and control remains one of the challenges to be solved during microwave operations. If ambiguity pertaining to non-thermal effect of microwaves can be solved, they can find more numerous and reproducible applications in biology.