The major problem of current drug-based therapy is selectivity. As in other areas of science, a combined approach might improve the situation decisively. The idea is to use the pro-drug principle together with an alternating magnetic field as physical stimulus, which can be applied in a spatially and temporarily controlled manner. As a proof of principle, the neutral hydrolysis of aspirin in ph...

The measurement of the impedance of biological tissue can be a non-invasive method to find new data of diagnostic relevance. A system for a noncontact measurement of the electrical impedance of biological tissue is presented. The system consists of an excitation coil and two sensing coils coupled together as a gradiometer. The excitation coil is driven by an alternating current. Due to this alt...

The performances of the synchronous reluctance motor are essentially dependent on the magnetic dissymetry of the machine, respectively of its rotor, as in [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. The last one is made from grain-oriented steel laminations, alternating with insulation and non-magnetic material. The fastening is realized with clamping plates and screws made from non-magnetic material (brass ...

Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesizedviaa simple chemical reaction between FeCl2.4H2O and Fe(NO3)3.9H2O under nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature, and then nanoparticles were added to cellulose acetate (CA) polymer. The influence of nanoparticles on the thermal properties of CA polymeric matrix was studied using the...

We study the magnetic properties of S = 1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains with inhomogeneity of interaction. Using a quantum Monte Carlo method and an exact diagonalization method, we study bond-impurity effect in the uniform S = 1/2 chain and also in the bond-alternating chain. Here ‘bond impurity’ means a bond with strength different from those in the bulk or a defect in the alternating...

High-field electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy shows that the structurally distorted Mn(III) ion in Na5[Mn(L-tart)2]·12H2O (1; L-tart = L-tartrate) has a significant negative axial zero-field splitting and a small rhombic anisotropy (∼1% of D). Alternating-current magnetic susceptibility measurements demonstrate that 1, which contains isolated Mn(III) centers, displays slow relaxation ...

The field-induced assembly of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles under alternating magnetic field of different frequency was investigated. It was found that the assembly was dependent upon the difference between colloidal relaxation time and field period. The same experiments on DMSA-coated γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibited that the relaxation time may be mainly determined by the magnetic size rather than the...

Co/Fe multilayers with different layer thickness formed by electron beam evaporation in ultrahigh vacuum have been investigated by grazing incidence x-ray reflectivity ͑GIXRR͒ and alternating gradient force magnetometry. The interface thicknesses are lower than GIXRR uncertainty ͑ϳ1 nm͒, favoring a strong magnetic exchange interaction between the layers responsible for their single phase magnetic b...