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Similarities and differences between the effects of orientation of red blood cells in a nematic liquid-crystal medium and the Fröhlich electrical vibrations

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A qualitative explanation is given for the effect wherein red blood cells are oriented in a nonlinear liquid-crystal medium, and it is shown that it is different from the Fröhlich interaction for living biological systems.

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Pis’ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 23, 7–15 (December 12, 1997)

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Kamanina, N.V. Similarities and differences between the effects of orientation of red blood cells in a nematic liquid-crystal medium and the Fröhlich electrical vibrations. Tech. Phys. Lett. 23, 902–905 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1261926

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