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On the energy transfer between the electromagnetic field and nanomachines for biological applications
Author(s) -
Bellizzi G.,
Bucci O. M.,
Capozzoli A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.20384
Subject(s) - bioelectromagnetics , energy transfer , electromagnetic field , mechanism (biology) , field (mathematics) , computer science , nanotechnology , physics , biological system , biochemical engineering , materials science , biology , engineering physics , engineering , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The article presents a simple expression of the power transferred from the electromagnetic field (EMF) to a biological nanomachine (NM) embedded in a background medium (BM). The expression is useful to analyse the interaction mechanism and test the hypothesis on its nature. Furthermore, it should represent a helpful tool to design remotely controlled NMs for bio‐medical applications and the relative electromagnetic control apparatuses. Finally, to show its practical usefulness, we used it to discuss the hypothesis on the energy transfer mechanism proposed in the literature to explain intriguing experimental phenomena referring to the remotely controlled dehybridization of DNA molecules attached to gold nanocrystals. Bioelectromagnetics 29:331–339, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.