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Nimtz, Guenter and Aichmann, Horst (2020). On biological signaling. Z. Naturfors. Sect. A-J. Phys. Sci., 75 (6). S. 507 - 510. BERLIN: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH. ISSN 1865-7109

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Abstract

Presently, nerve pulse propagation is understood to take place by electric action pulses. The theoretical description is given by the Hodgkin-Huxley model. Recently, an alternative model was proclaimed, where signaling is carried out by acoustic solitons. The solitons are built by a local phase transition in the lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) of a biologic membrane. We argue that the crystal structure arranging hydrogen bonds at the membrane surface do not allow such an acoustic soliton model. The bound water is a component of the LLC and the assumed phase transition represents a negative entropy step.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nimtz, Guenter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Aichmann, Horst UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-331637
DOI:	10.1515/ZNA-2020-0070
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Naturfors. Sect. A-J. Phys. Sci.
Volume:	75
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 507 - 510
Date:	2020
Publisher:	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	1865-7109
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33163