Microwave induced shift of the main phase transition in phosphatidylcholine membranes

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-24

  Beneduci, Amerigo ^a   Filippelli, Luigi ^a   Cosentino, Katia ^a   Calabrese, Maria L ^b   Massa, Rita ^b,c   Chidichimo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Interuniversity Center on Interaction Between Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems (ICEmB)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological membrane; Deuterium NMR spectroscopy; Dosimetry; Membrane phase transition; Microwave nonthermal effects

Indexed keywords

BIOMEMBRANES; BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DEUTERIUM NMR SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW POWER; MEMBRANE INTERFACE; MULTI-LAMELLAR VESICLES; NONTHERMAL; NONTHERMAL MECHANISM; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; TRANSITION POINT; TRANSITION REGIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETICS; CYTOLOGY; DEUTERIUM; DOSIMETRY; MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RADIO WAVES;

MICROWAVES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DOSIMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROWAVES; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84155165127     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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