Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation. Final report 15 May 81-30 Jun 82

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5638445

Gandhi, O P; Hill, D W; Riazi, A; Wahid, P; Wang, C H

The report describes experiments on millimeter-wave effects on lambda-prophage induction in lysogenic strains of E. coli, temperature-sensitive mutants of lambda prophage, and Salmonella typhimurium cells possessing Hismutation. No frequency-sensitive irradiation effects have been observed in spite of closely spaced frequencies used in the 42-48 and 65-75 GHz bands. A new method for measuring complex permittivities of biological media, with potential for in-vivo measurements, has been proposed that alleviates the need for samples with submillimeter thicknesses. Initial results appear to be highly promising. A system to allow low-wave-number Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy of biological media has also been set up.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5638445
• Report Number(s): AD-A-131372/5; UTEC-82-075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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