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It is known that light interaction with matter may generate an optical force, which may produce modifications at the physical and chemical level. The basic technique of the field uses strongly focused laser beams that trap small objects and manipulate local structures. In our work we use irradiation of complex biological molecules with high density green photons, which may induce electric dipoles by polarization effects. The resulting dipolar interaction may lead to organized structures like molecular aggregates and microparticles. We present experimental evidence of such an optical manipulation on long alkanes chains and two specific enzymes. A preliminary physical model is suggested for acounting of these specific interaction forces.
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The authors thank to Anamaria Boros, professor of Mathematics at the High School Radu Petrescu (Prundu Bargaului), for her contribution to edit this work.
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Comorosan, S. et al. (2014). Effects Induced in Complex Biological Systems by High Density Green Photons. In: Carretero-González, R., Cuevas-Maraver, J., Frantzeskakis, D., Karachalios, N., Kevrekidis, P., Palmero-Acebedo, F. (eds) Localized Excitations in Nonlinear Complex Systems. Nonlinear Systems and Complexity, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02057-0_22
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