Title :
About the mechanism of influence of low-intense millimeter waves on biological membranes
Author :
Yemets, B.G. ; Yemets, M.B.
Author_Institution :
Radiophys. Fac., V. Karazin Kharkiv Nat. Univ., Ukraine
Abstract :
Biological action effects (the process of the ions transport through the biological membrane) of low-intensity radiation levels of millimeter waves are considered. A role of air microbubbles efficiently mixing a near-membrane liquid layer in the presence of a temperature gradient is pointed out. These circumstances result in lowering an energy barrier height of the transmembrane ion-transport. It is shown that even low-level irradiation by the millimeter waves creates a temperature gradient, which is enough for effective mixing of near-membrane liquid´s layer. It is demonstrated that a process of restoration an equilibrium air-distribution in the intercellular medium after ceasing the microwave irradiation proceeds according to the diffusion mechanism
Keywords :
biodiffusion; biological effects of microwaves; biomembrane transport; bubbles; millimetre waves; air microbubbles; biological action effects; biological membranes; diffusion mechanism; energy barrier height; ions transport through biological membrane; low-intense millimeter waves effects; near-membrane water layer; Biomembranes; Electrodes; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy barrier; Environmental factors; Hydrogen; Kinetic theory; Plasma temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves, 2001. The Fourth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6473-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2001.947369