Splitting Hairs: Fine and Hyperfine Splitting and Free Radicals

Are the properties of the polymer diazoluminomelanin unique, or do they illustrate fundamental principles of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) interaction with biological and other macromolecules? Is it a coincidence that diazoluminomelanin (DALM) can be biosynthesized by nitrate reductase and/or nitric oxide synthase and flavoprotein participation, or are there no “coincidences?” Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) has shown some nonthermal sensitivity to ultrawide band nonionizing electromagnetic radiation (NEMR). Nitric oxide itself is a stable free radical gas that can have nonthermal quantal interaction with NEMR. One explanation may be found in the flavin in NOS and its unique biochemistry. We will examine a key quantum mechanical candidate for this interaction and how it relates to both the enzymes and DALM. This chapter is a transition from the fundamental physical science discussion in previous chapters (representing the physicists, electrical engineers, and chemists involved in bioelectromagnetics) to the biochemistry and molecular biology discussions and bionanotechnology applications in the second half of the book. Both sides (physical scientists versus molecular biologists) must be patient with and understand at least the basics of each other’s science to grasp the full story of radio-controlled bionanotechnology.