Title :
Diamagnetic accumulation and alignment of nucleoprotein microparticles in high gradient magnetic field
Author :
Norina, S.B. ; Park, S.H. ; Cho, S. ; Soh, K.S.
Author_Institution :
Biomedical Phys. Lab., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
Magnetic force acting on single micron and submicron biological particles having diamagnetic susceptibility in the respect to solution caused their movement and accumulation in gradient magnetic fields. Methods developed allowed the obtaining of magnetic moment values of single particles and their assembly directly from magnetic separation image analysis not assuming to detect sizes. Our precision methods of the measurements of capture traveling time and accumulation radius, in high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) analysis have shown the determined shifts of magnetic susceptibility up to 0.5·10-9 (CGS). Image analysis of the concentrating process of nucleoprotein granules (micro-cells, or DNA-granules) with polarization microscopy revealed phase transitions for DNA, and separation accumulation of particles allowed the determination of the diamagnetic moments and anisotropy properties.
Keywords :
DNA; biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; biomolecular effects of radiation; cellular biophysics; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic moments; magnetic susceptibility; phase transformations; proteins; separation; DNA granules; DNA phase transitions; accumulation radius; anisotropy properties; capture traveling time; diamagnetic accumulation; diamagnetic moments; diamagnetic susceptibility; high gradient magnetic field; high gradient magnetic separation; magnetic force; magnetic separation image analysis; micro-cells; nucleoprotein granules; nucleoprotein microparticle alignment; polarization microscopy; Assembly; Image analysis; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic forces; Magnetic moments; Magnetic separation; Magnetic susceptibility; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2005. INTERMAG Asia 2005. Digests of the IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9009-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2005.1463651