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Electricity and magnetism in biological systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edmonds, D. T. (Donald T.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Electromagnetic Fields.
Table of Contents:
  • Electrostatic fields and voltage
  • How conductors shape an electric field
  • Ionic conductors
  • Properties of the electric dipole and the application of Gauss's law when dielectrics are present
  • The calculation of electric fields and voltages in the presence of dielectrics
  • Static magnetic fields
  • The generation of magnetic fields
  • Magnetic polarization of material
  • Induced electric and magnetic fields
  • The motion of a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields and relativity
  • Ions in aqueous solution and the ionization of acids and bases
  • The debye layer
  • The behaviour of ions in narrow pores
  • Possible mechanisms for a magnetic animal compass
  • An electrostatic model of a proton/ion or an ion/ion coport or counterport
  • An introduction to the semi-classical theory of pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Mathematics
  • The boltzmann distribution, entrophy and detailed balance
  • An introduction to the thermodynamics and the chemical potential
  • Hints for the solution of and numerical answers to the problems.