Ebook: Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems

The past half century has seen an extraordinary growth in the fields of cellular and molecular biology. From simple morphologi­ cal concepts of cells as the essential units of living matter there has been an ever-sharper focus on functional organization of living systems, with emphasis on molecular dynamics. Thus, life forms have come to be defined increasingly in terms of metabolism, growth, reproduction and responses to environmental perturbations. Since these properties occur in varying degrees in systems below the level of cellular organization, there has been a blurring of older models that restricted the concepts of life to cellular systems. At the same time, a search has begun for elemental as­ pects of molecular and atomic behavior that might better define properties common to all life forms. This search has led to an examination of nonlinear behavior in biological macromolecules, whether in response to electrical or chemical stimulation, for example, or as a means of signaling along a molecular chain, or as a means of energy transfer. Experimental knowledge in this area has grown rapidly in the past decade, and in some respects has outstripped theoretical models adequate to ex­ plain these new observations. Nevertheless, it can be claimed that there is now an impressive body of experiments implicating non­ linear, nonequilibrium processes as fundamental steps in sequential operations of biological systems.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nonlinear, Nonequilibrium Aspects of Electromagnetic Field Interactions at Cell Membranes....Pages 3-22
Strong Interactions of Radiofrequency Fields with Nucleic Acids....Pages 23-33
Nonthermal Resonant Action of Millimeter Microwaves on Yeast Growth....Pages 35-57
Effects on Nervous Tissue of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 59-64
Neurotransmitter Release Stimulated in a Clonal Nerve Cell Line by Low Intensity Pulse Magnetic Fields....Pages 65-77
Natural AC Electric Fields in and About Cells....Pages 79-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-103
The Energetics and Molecular Dynamics of the Proton Pumping Photocycle in Bacteriorhodopsin....Pages 105-105
Presence Of Nonlinear Excitations in DNA Structure and their Relationship to DNA Premelting and to Drug Intercalation....Pages 107-120
Solitons and Bioenergetics....Pages 121-131
Nonlinear Dynamics of Globular Proteins....Pages 133-142
Solitons in Synthetic and Biological Polymers....Pages 143-154
Picosecond Relaxations in Proteins and Biopolymers Observed By MM-Wave Spectroscopy....Pages 155-175
Nonlinear Mechanisms in Molecular Energy Transfer....Pages 177-186
Nonlinear Excitations in Polyacetylene....Pages 187-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-203
Communication with Submicron Structures: Perspectives in the Application of Biomolecules to Computer Technology....Pages 205-205
Langmuir-Blodgett Films in Microelectronics....Pages 207-218
Nonlinear Tunneling Barriers at High Frequencies and their Possible Logic Processing Function in Biological Membrane....Pages 219-226
Molecular Electronics: An Opportunity for a Biotecnical Synergism....Pages 227-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-273
Radiofrequency Radiation and Chemical Reaction Dynamics....Pages 275-275
Front Matter....Pages 277-285
On the Growth of Cellular Tissues Under Constant and Fluctuating Environmental Conditions....Pages 275-275
Ionic Currents and Field Effects in Neural Extracellular Spaces....Pages 287-305
Frequency Selective Propagation of Extracellular Electrical Stimuli to Intracellular Compartments....Pages 307-326
Electromagnetic Surface Wave Penetration of Biological Media....Pages 327-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-344
Conceptual Models of Co-Operative Processes in Nonlinear Electrodynamics....Pages 345-345
Entrainment-Quasiperiodicity-Chaos-Collapse: Bifurcation Routes of Externally Driven Self-Sustained Oscillating Systems....Pages 347-392
Field Induced Resonance and Chaos in Nonlinear Conservative Systems....Pages 393-411
Solitary Waves as Fixed Points of Infinite Dimensional Maps....Pages 413-431
Nonlinear Phenomena in a Dispersive System with Applications to Water Waves....Pages 433-441
Boson Condensation in Biological Systems....Pages 443-467
Order and Structures in Living Systems....Pages 469-475
Front Matter....Pages 477-488
General Theory of Coherent Excitations on Biological Systems....Pages 489-489
Millimeter-Wave and Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of Cellular Systems....Pages 491-496
Spectroscopic Studies of Nerves....Pages 497-517
The Modification of Davydov Solitons by the Extrinsic H-N-C=O Group....Pages 519-530
Nonlinear Phenomena in Bioenergetics and Oncology as Seen in 25 Years of Research with Millimeter Microwaves and Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 531-548
Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Cytoskeletal Protein Lattices....Pages 549-566
Bridging the Gap....Pages 567-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-598
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