Experimental evidence for long-distance electrodynamic intermolecular forces.

ABSTRACT: Both classical and quantum electrodynamics predict the existence of dipole-dipole long-range electrodynamic intermolecular forces; however, these have never been hitherto experimentally observed. The discovery of completely new and unanticipated forces acting between biomolecules could have considerable impact on our understanding of the dynamics and functioning of the molecular machines at work in living organisms. Here, using two independent experiments, on the basis of different physical effects detected by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and terahertz spectroscopy, respectively, we demonstrate experimentally the activation of resonant electrodynamic intermolecular forces. This is an unprecedented experimental proof of principle of a physical phenomenon that, having been observed

SUBMITTER: Lechelon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8849397 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature