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Cellular spin resonance in rotating electric fields

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Cells and certain other electrically polarizable objects can be seen to spin when in a rotating electric field. When a rotating field (from four Pt electrodes) is applied over a frequency range of 500 to 75,000 Hz, living cells exhibit two or three response peaks, whereas dead cells exhibit only one response peak. Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) exhibit two peaks. The nature of these cellular spin resonances is under active study.

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  1. Maja Mischel

    Present address: Fachbereich Biologie, Institut für Biophysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, West Germany

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  1. Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, 74078, Stillwater, Oklahoma

    Maja Mischel, Arthur Voss & Herbert A. Pohl

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Mischel, M., Voss, A. & Pohl, H.A. Cellular spin resonance in rotating electric fields. J Biol Phys 10, 223–226 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01991942

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