Abstract
Living and dead cells, as well as certain inanimate particles, can be made to spin in a rotating electric field, such as that produced by a four-pole electrode system. The theory for the effects and the experimental results for a number of cells are given. Yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, dead, and as protoplasts;Schizosaccharomyces octospora); an alga (Chlorella pyrenoidosa); mouse myeloma cells; human Hela cells; and several model particles were studied. Their spectra of spin response are shown to agree with the theory presented. Interestingly, live cells spin in a contrafield direction, while dead ones spin co-field in the low-frequency range.
The result indicate that this new technique of cellular spin resonance (CSR) will be useful in determining the effective dielectric constant of individual cells, for the direction and magnitude of the CSR is directly proportional to the effective dielectric constant, and the spin rate can readily and directly be determined over a wide frequency range.
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Mischel, M., Pohl, H.A. Cellular spin resonance: Theory and experiment. J Biol Phys 11, 98–102 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01873190
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