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. 1998 Mar;24(1):19–40. doi: 10.1023/A:1005096714234

Influence of electromagnetic radiation on molecular solitons

L Brizhik 1, L Cruzeiro-Hansson 2,, A Eremko 1
PMCID: PMC3455866  PMID: 23345667

Abstract

The soliton model of charge and energy transport in biological macromolecules is used to suggest one of the possible mechanisms for electromagnetic radiation influence on biological systems. The influence of the electromagnetic field (EMF) on molecular solitons is studied both analytically and numerically. Numerical simulations prove the stability of solitons for fields of large amplitude, and allow the study of emission of phonons. It is shown that in the spectra of biological effects of radiation there are two characteristic frequencies of EMFs, one of which is connected with the most intensive energy absorption and emission of sound waves by the soliton, and the other of which is connected with the soliton photodissociation into a delocalized state.

Keywords: Davydov/Scott model, molecular solitons, electromagnetic radiation

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