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they can induce currents in the DNA By what mechanism (and it's likely not limited to DNA then)?
by stinos 7y ago
they can induce currents in the DNA
By what mechanism (and it's likely not limited to DNA then)?
- blix 7y agoEMF radiation can induce a current in any condutor. Try putting a piece of tin foil in a microwave. It's far from limited to DNA, but it's not hard to imagine why people care more about DNA than other conductive molecules.
- dnautics 7y agoAny photon is basically "something which induces motion in a charged particle". That's what it means to be electromagnetic radiation. The intensity to which that occurs has to do with the electrical potential landscape around that charged particle and the wavelength of that photon. If these two values are close to each other (coupled) then the motion of the charged particle is more likely. Microwave radiation (especially in the GHz range) illuminating DNA has been long known as a phenomenon, of course it does depend on which frequency band in the GHz range you're in, too.