Coherent Excitations in Biological Systems

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1983
ISBN: 978-3-642-69188-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Proceedings in Life Sciences

The articles in this volume are based on papers presented at the International Symposium in Bad Neuenahr November 29 - December 1, 1982. The meeting was directed by H. Frohlich and was sponsored by IBM Deutschland through its Science and Education Programs Department. Contents Coherence in Biology H. Frohlich. Coherent Excitations and Raman Effect F. Drissler and L. Santo (With 4 Figures) 6 The Non-thermal Effect of Millimeter Wave Radiation on the Puffing of Giant Chromosomes F. Kremer, C. Koschnitzke, L. Santo, P. Quick, and A. Poglitsch (With 4 Figures) 10 Nonthermal Resonant Effects of 42 GHz Microwaves on the Growth of Yeast Cultures W. Grundler, F. Keilmann, V. Putterlik, L. Santo, D. Strube, and I. Zimmermann (With 15 Figures) 21 On the Microwave Response of the Drosophila Melanogaster G. Nimtz (With 5 Figures) 38 Effects of Low-level Millimeter Waves on Cellular and Subcellular Systems S. M. Motzkin, L. Benes, N. Block, B. Israel, N. May, J. Kuriyel, L. Birenbaum, S. Rosenthal, and Q. Han (With 12 Figures). 47 Millimeter-wave and Far-infrared Spec~roscopy on Biological Macromolecules L. Genzel, F. Kremer, A. Poglitsch, and G. Bechtold (With 10 Figures). 58 Excitation of Proteins by Electric Fields J. B. Hasted, S. K. Husain, A. Y. Ko, D. Rosen, E. Nicol, and J. R. Birch (With 8 Figures) 71 Isotope Effects and Collective Excitations M. U. Palma (With 3 Figures) 84 Long-range Energy Continua in the Living Cell: Protochemical Considerations G. R. Welch and M. N. Berry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kremer, F.

Fröhlich, H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Coherence in Biology.- Coherent Excitations and Raman Effect.- The Non-thermal Effect of Millimeter Wave Radiation on the Puffing of Giant Chromosomes.- Nonthermal Resonant Effects of 42 GHz Microwaves on the Growth of Yeast Cultures.- On the Microwave Response of the Drosophila Melanogaster.- Effects of Low-level Millimeter Waves on Cellular and Subcellular Systems.- Millimeter-wave and Far-infrared Spectroscopy on Biological Macromolecules.- Excitation of Proteins by Electric Fields.- Isotope Effects and Collective Excitations.- Long-range Energy Continua in the Living Cell: Protochemical Considerations.- Indications of Optical Coherence in Biological Systems and Its Possible Significance.- Self-focusing and Ponderomotive Forces of Coherent Electric Waves: A Mechanism for Cytoskeleton Formation and Dynamics.- Specific Effects in Externally Driven Self-sustained Oscillating Biophysical Model Systems.- Forces on Suspended Particles in the Electromagnetic Field.- Coherent Excitations in Blood.- Intracellular Water, Metabolism, and Cell Architecture: Part 2.- Coherent Properties of the Membranous Systems of Electron Transport Phosphorylation.- Natural Oscillating Fields of Cells.- The Interpretation and Use of the Rotation of Biological Cells.- Symposium on Coherent Excitations in Biological Systems: Some Impressions and Conclusions.