Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed

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A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF THE NEW MOLECULAR DEVICE. FOR EXPERIMENTS OUTSIDE THE HUMAN BODY (IN VITRO), THE DEVICE WOULD NEST ON THE CELL’S MEMBRANE: A “REPORTER” MOLECULE WOULD DETECT THE LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD WHEN ACTIVATED BY RED LIGHT; AN ATTACHED “MODIFIER” MOLECULE WOULD ALTER THAT ELECTRIC FIELD WHEN ACTIVATED BY BLUE LIGHT.

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KATYA KADYSHEVSKAYA AT USC

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