Dynamic localization and quasi-Bloch oscillations in general periodic ac-dc electric fields

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Wan ◽  
C. Martijn de Sterke ◽  
M. M. Dignam
2007 ◽  
Vol 06 (05) ◽  
pp. 389-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR A. BURDOV ◽  
DMITRY SOLENOV

Dissipative electron dynamics in a double quantum dot, influenced by external ac and dc electric fields, has been analyzed. It was shown that the dissipation caused by phonon environment disappears under certain relations between electric field parameters. In this case one may perform the dynamic localization and form stable electron states localized within one of the dots.


Author(s):  
Xin Huang ◽  
Limin He ◽  
Xiaoming Luo ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
Yuling Lü ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (8) ◽  
pp. 1515-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Rosenspire ◽  
A.L. Kindzelskii ◽  
H.R. Petty

Previously, we have demonstrated that NAD(P)H levels in neutrophils and macrophages are oscillatory. We have also found that weak ultra low frequency AC or pulsed DC electric fields can resonate with, and increase the amplitude of, NAD(P)H oscillations in these cells. For these cells, increased NAD(P)H amplitudes directly signal changes in behavior in the absence of cytokines or chemotactic factors. Here, we have studied the effect of pulsed DC electric fields on HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells. As in neutrophils and macrophages, NAD(P)H levels oscillate. We find that weak (~10(-)(5) V/m), but properly phased DC (pulsed) electric fields, resonate with NAD(P)H oscillations in polarized and migratory, but not spherical, HT-1080 cells. In this instance, electric field resonance signals an increase in HT-1080 pericellular proteolytic activity. Electric field resonance also triggers an immediate increase in the production of reactive oxygen metabolites. Under resonance conditions, we find evidence of DNA damage in HT-1080 cells in as little as 5 minutes. Thus the ability of external electric fields to effect cell function and physiology by acting on NAD(P)H oscillations is not restricted to cells of the hematopoietic lineage, but may be a universal property of many, if not all polarized and migratory eukaryotic cells.


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