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Quasiuniversal transient behavior of a nonequilibrium Mott insulator driven by an electric field.

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This paper presents a theoretical description of nonequilibrium dynamics in a three-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model driven by an external electric field. The authors report direction-dependent damping of Bloch oscillations and the emergence of a long-lived transient prethermalized state over a broad range of field…

Model for magnetic flux patterns induced by the influence of in-plane magnetic fields on spatially inhomogeneous superconducting interfaces of LaAlO3-SrTiO3 bilayers.

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This study examines how spatial inhomogeneity affects a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductor in an in-plane magnetic field, motivated by LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interfaces. The authors report that spatial variation of Rashba spin-orbit coupling can generate local magnetic flux patterns through a field-induced…

New insights into bioprotective effectiveness of disaccharides: an FTIR study of human haemoglobin aqueous solutions exposed to static magnetic fields.

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This in vitro FTIR study examined human haemoglobin aqueous solutions exposed to a 200 mT static magnetic field for 3 and 7 hours, with and without the disaccharides sucrose and trehalose. The authors report spectral changes (amide A decrease and reduced CH(3) stretching) in haemoglobin dissolved in bi-distilled…

Effects of chain stiffness and salt concentration on responses of polyelectrolyte brushes under external electric field.

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This paper reports molecular dynamics simulations of polyelectrolyte brushes subjected to external electric fields, focusing on how chain stiffness and salt concentration affect responses. The simulations suggest higher salt concentrations strengthen an induced opposing field from ion redistribution, which resists…

Hyperthermic effects of dissipative structures of magnetic nanoparticles in large alternating magnetic fields.

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This paper addresses heat dissipation mechanisms of magnetic nanoparticles used in targeted hyperthermia under large alternating magnetic fields. Using numerical comparisons, it reports additional features in relaxation loss for rotatable superparamagnetic nanoparticles and field-induced formation of oriented…

Impact of a static magnetic field on the electricity production of Shewanella-inoculated microbial fuel cells.

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This study investigated how exposure to a static magnetic field affects electricity production in Shewanella-inoculated microbial fuel cells across different reactor configurations. A 100 mT field was reported to increase maximum voltage and the effect was described as immediate and reversible, with possible adverse…

Frequency-dependent electrodeformation of giant phospholipid vesicles in AC electric field.

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This paper presents a theoretical model of giant phospholipid vesicle deformation in an alternating-current electric field, based on minimizing membrane bending energy and electric-field energy. The model treats the membrane and surrounding aqueous media as leaky dielectrics and reports good quantitative agreement…

Electrooptical effects in colloid systems subjected to short pulses of strong electric field.

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This study describes an electrooptical technique for polydisperse colloid solutions using short pulses of strong sine-shaped electric field, intended for systems that cannot withstand prolonged field exposure. The authors report that key particle parameters can still be extracted from the resulting experimental data.…

The effect of magnetic field and disorders on the electronic transport in graphene nanoribbons.

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This paper presents a mesoscopic transport modeling framework (NEGF plus a real-space π-orbital model) to study how a uniform perpendicular magnetic field affects electronic transport in armchair graphene nanoribbons. The authors report width-dependent equilibrium current profiles and edge-localized transport under…

Magnetodeformation effects and the swelling of ferrogels in a uniform magnetic field.

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This laboratory/materials study examined deformation and swelling of magnetic field sensitive polymer gels (ferrogels) in a static, uniform magnetic field. The authors report that gels with randomly distributed magnetic particles exhibited weak magnetodeformation, whereas gels with aligned particles showed no…

Quantitative determination of domain distribution in SrTiO3-competing effects of applied electric field and mechanical stress.

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This neutron diffraction study quantifies how tetragonal structural domains in SrTiO3 redistribute below 105 K under external electric fields and uniaxial mechanical stress. The authors report that electric field and stress act competitively, and that applying both produces complex domain redistribution. The results…

Effect of two length scales on the properties of MgB(2) for arbitrary applied magnetic field.

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This paper analyzes anomalous magnetic-field and temperature dependences observed in MgB(2) superconductivity experiments using a two-order-parameter Ginzburg-Landau theory with two length scales. The authors numerically solve the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equations for arbitrary applied fields between Hc1 and Hc2 to…

Electric fields on quasiperiodic potentials.

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This theoretical condensed-matter study examines how an electric field affects the electronic spectrum and localization in quasiperiodic chains modeled with Harper and Fibonacci potentials. It reports localized ladder spectra under strong fields and smoothing with linearly decreasing gaps under weak fields. When…

Slow relaxation of magnetoresistance in AlGaAs-GaAs quantum well structures quenched in a magnetic field.

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This study reports slow relaxation of magnetoresistance in selectively doped p-GaAs-AlGaAs structures following application of a magnetic field. The authors emphasize efforts to rule out temperature fluctuation artifacts and state that the main relaxation features remain. They interpret the phenomenon using a…

Ultrasonic propagation velocity in magnetic and magnetorheological fluids due to an external magnetic field.

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This engineering-focused study measured ultrasonic propagation velocity in hydrocarbon-based magnetic and magnetorheological fluids under an external magnetic field. The authors report that clustering structures formed in the fluids influence ultrasonic propagation velocity, with observed hysteresis and anisotropy.…

Electromagnetic fields and DNA damage

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This review discusses the comet assay and summarizes research on non-ionizing EMF exposure and DNA/chromosomal damage. It describes both positive and negative findings across studies, noting no consistent overall pattern for radiofrequency radiation (RFR). The authors nonetheless conclude that under certain exposure…

In vitro magnetic stimulation of pig phrenic nerve with transverse and longitudinal induced electric fields: analysis of the stimulation site.

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This in vitro study analyzed where magnetic stimulation activates pig phrenic nerves when induced electric fields are oriented longitudinally versus transversely to the nerve trunk. Longitudinal-field stimulation localized activation near the negative peak of the spatial derivative of the longitudinal electric field,…

A new approach for explanation of specimen rupture under high electric field.

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This engineering-focused study examines failure of needle-shaped specimens exposed to very high electric fields in field-ion microscopy. The authors report experiments indicating breakdown may be initiated by nanoparticles detached from a point anode. They propose a mechanism in which expanding cathode plasma…

Biological proton pumping in an oscillating electric field.

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This paper models biological proton pumping in cytochrome c oxidase under an applied oscillating electric field. The authors report that proton pumping efficiency and steady-state electronic currents vary significantly with the field’s frequency and amplitude. A spectral analysis is described as supporting dominant…

Electric field switching of the magnetic anisotropy of a ferromagnetic layer exchange coupled to the multiferroic compound BiFeO3.

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This paper reports electric-field control of magnetic anisotropy in a Permalloy layer exchange-coupled to a multiferroic BiFeO3 single crystal. The anisotropy is described as arising from magnetic coupling to canted spins in BiFeO3’s cycloidal antiferromagnetic structure. An electric field-induced polarization change…

Microscopic dynamics of the orientation of a hydrated nanoparticle in an electric field.

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This paper uses atomistic simulations to examine how a nonpolar nanoparticle suspended in water reorients under an applied electric field. The authors report that molecular-level effects increase the torque relative to continuum estimates and substantially speed up reorientation above a stated field threshold. The…

Role of cortical cell type and morphology in subthreshold and suprathreshold uniform electric field stimulation in vitro.

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This in vitro study examined how cortical neuron morphology and cell type relate to responses under subthreshold and suprathreshold uniform electric fields in rat motor cortex slices. The authors report that morphology correlates with subthreshold somatic polarization and that layer V pyramidal neurons are predicted…

[Effects of 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field on Ca2+ release channel ryanodine receptor of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles].

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This in vitro study examined whether a 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field affects the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channel RyR1. A 0.4 mT exposure for 30 minutes increased SR Ca2+ release rate and [(3)H]-ryanodine binding under NADH/NAD+ conditions. The authors also report increased NADH oxidation and…

[A aquaporin 4 expression and effects in rat hippocampus after microwave radiation].

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This rat study examined hippocampal aquaporin 4 (AQP4) expression after microwave exposure at 10, 30, or 100 mW/cm^2. The authors report increased AQP4 protein and gene expression after exposure, with recovery at lower power density but more persistent elevation at higher power density. They conclude that increased…

[A preliminary study on role of acid sphingomyelinase in receptor clustering induced by 50-Hz magnetic fields].

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This in vitro study exposed human amnion (FL) cells to a 50-Hz sinusoidal magnetic field (0.4 mT) for 15 minutes and assessed epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) clustering. The authors report that magnetic field exposure induced EGFR clustering, and that this effect was blocked by imipramine, an acid…

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