DocumentCode
1940105
Title
Acceleration of Ion Diffusion Due to the Electromagnetic Effects of Ion Currents in Nanochannels
Author
Chen, X. ; Zhu, J.Y.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Robot., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2011
fDate
5-7 Aug. 2011
Firstpage
132
Lastpage
136
Abstract
We model and simulate the microscopic electromagnetic fields induced by ion currents passing through nanochannels based on membrane currents data obtained by A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley in their experiments on squid giant axons. We find that compared with magnetic field, electric field affects ion motion much more considerably, and we further discuss the effect of such electric fields on the spread of Na+ concentration and the simulation shows that the field remarkably accelerates the diffusion process of ions left the channel.
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; biomembrane transport; diffusion; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic effect; ion current; ion diffusion acceleration; membrane current; microscopic electromagnetic field; nanochannels; squid giant axons; Biomembranes; Electric fields; Electric potential; Magnetic fields; Nanobioscience; Shape; electromagnetic effect; ion current; ion diffusion; nanochannel;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Digital Manufacturing and Automation (ICDMA), 2011 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location
Zhangjiajie, Hunan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0755-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-4455-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICDMA.2011.40
Filename
6051903
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