the effect of electromagnetic field was examined on zinnia (zinnia elegans) seeds to enhance seed germination and early growth. the seeds were exposed to four magnetic strengths of 15, 100, 400 and 800 mt in four durations of 30, 60, 120 and 240 min. the experiments were carried out in two forms of laboratory germination and soil emergence. results showed that magnetic field application enhance...

Ice nucleation is a stochastic process and it is very difficult to be controlled. Freezing technologies and more specifically crystallisation assisted by magnetic, electric and electromagnetic fields have the capability to interact with nucleation. Static magnetic field (SMF) may affect matter crystallisation; however, this is still under debate in the literature. Static electric field (SEF) ha...

In this article, the effect of plasmonics properties of metal nanorods and nanoparticles on solar cell performance were investigated and simulated. Due to the classic solar cell disadvantages, it seems that a plasmonic solar cell is one of these methods. In plasmonic solar cells, because of plasmonic effect, a high electric field builds around metal nanoparticles so that high conversion efficie...

A traditional idea with respect to the interaction of electromagnetic fields and biologic systems is that specific effects can occur only when the incident energy is greater than the energy associated with a temperature that is characteristic of the biologic system (kT). The functioning of the visual system and the effect of ionizing radiation are examples of these interactions. For energies le...

objective(s): the main characteristic of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) is their ability to produce other cell types. electromagnetic field (emf) stimulates differentiation of mscs into other cells. in this study, we investigated whether emf can effect on the differentiation of mscs into dopaminergic (da) neurons. materials and methods: an emf with a frequency of 50 hz and two intensities of 40 ...

introduction: over the last decade, exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic waves due to base station antenna has increased. this in vivo study was planned for evaluating the effects of whole-body exposure to 950 mhz field of gsm mobile phone system on rat dentate gyrus long-term potentiation. materials and methods: 24 naive male wistar rats (3 month old, 225|¡|25 g) were randomly divided in t...