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Mechanistic Approaches to Interactions of Electric and Electromagnetic Fields with Living Systems pp 271–290Cite as

Electrorotation — The Spin of Cells in Rotating High Frequency Electric Fields

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A number of experimental investigations were initiated by the theoretical paper of Heinrich Hertz /28/ on rotational effects of conductive bodies in electric fields. Several effects were found, all resulting in the spin of the observed body, named later as Quincke-rotation, Born-Lertes-rotation, dipole-rotation effect, conductivity-rotation effect and others. Lertes /32, 33/ used a rotating field varying in frequency up to 70 MHz, and gave a good theoretical explanation of the observed spin of small geometrically defined vessels filled with liquids of different dielectric constants.

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Glaser, R., Fuhr, G. (1987). Electrorotation — The Spin of Cells in Rotating High Frequency Electric Fields. In: Blank, M., Findl, E. (eds) Mechanistic Approaches to Interactions of Electric and Electromagnetic Fields with Living Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1968-7_16

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