Study on the Effect of the Envelope of Terahertz Unipolar Stimulation on Cell Membrane Communication-Related Variables

The development of terahertz science and technology has shown new application prospects in artificial intelligence. Terahertz stimulation can lead to information communication of cells. Terahertz unipolar picosecond pulse train stimulation can activate cell membrane hydrophilic pores and protein ion...

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Main Authors: Wenfei Bo, Rong Che, Feng Jia, Kai Sun, Qiang Liu, Lemeng Guo, Xiaobo Zhang, Yubin Gong
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Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0755
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author Wenfei Bo
Rong Che
Feng Jia
Kai Sun
Qiang Liu
Lemeng Guo
Xiaobo Zhang
Yubin Gong
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Lemeng Guo
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description The development of terahertz science and technology has shown new application prospects in artificial intelligence. Terahertz stimulation can lead to information communication of cells. Terahertz unipolar picosecond pulse train stimulation can activate cell membrane hydrophilic pores and protein ion channels. However, the effect of the envelope of the terahertz unipolar stimulation remains unknown. This paper studies the effect of the envelope on membrane communication-related variables and the accompanying energy consumption by a cell model with considerations of hydrophilic pores and Na+, K+-ATPase. According to the results, terahertz unipolar picosecond pulse train stimulation can deliver the signal contained in its envelope into the variation rates of membrane potentials no matter whether the hydrophilic pores are activated or not and also into the variation rates of the ion flow via the pores after activation of the pores. In contrast, the ion flow via Na+, K+-ATPase seems irrelevant to the signal in the envelope. Moreover, the ion flows show a modulation effect on the variation rates of membrane potentials. The accompanying power dissipations in the cases of different envelopes are similar, as low as around the level of 10−11 W. The results lay the foundations for application in artificial intelligence, like brain–machine communications.
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spelling doaj-art-0fe8fdf73a254e37a75546ae4ad5ef1d2025-08-20T02:41:36ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Research2639-52742025-01-01810.34133/research.0755Study on the Effect of the Envelope of Terahertz Unipolar Stimulation on Cell Membrane Communication-Related VariablesWenfei Bo0Rong Che1Feng Jia2Kai Sun3Qiang Liu4Lemeng Guo5Xiaobo Zhang6Yubin Gong7College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.College of Information and Communication, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430000, China.School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.The development of terahertz science and technology has shown new application prospects in artificial intelligence. Terahertz stimulation can lead to information communication of cells. Terahertz unipolar picosecond pulse train stimulation can activate cell membrane hydrophilic pores and protein ion channels. However, the effect of the envelope of the terahertz unipolar stimulation remains unknown. This paper studies the effect of the envelope on membrane communication-related variables and the accompanying energy consumption by a cell model with considerations of hydrophilic pores and Na+, K+-ATPase. According to the results, terahertz unipolar picosecond pulse train stimulation can deliver the signal contained in its envelope into the variation rates of membrane potentials no matter whether the hydrophilic pores are activated or not and also into the variation rates of the ion flow via the pores after activation of the pores. In contrast, the ion flow via Na+, K+-ATPase seems irrelevant to the signal in the envelope. Moreover, the ion flows show a modulation effect on the variation rates of membrane potentials. The accompanying power dissipations in the cases of different envelopes are similar, as low as around the level of 10−11 W. The results lay the foundations for application in artificial intelligence, like brain–machine communications.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0755
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Qiang Liu
Lemeng Guo
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Study on the Effect of the Envelope of Terahertz Unipolar Stimulation on Cell Membrane Communication-Related Variables
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title Study on the Effect of the Envelope of Terahertz Unipolar Stimulation on Cell Membrane Communication-Related Variables
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title_short Study on the Effect of the Envelope of Terahertz Unipolar Stimulation on Cell Membrane Communication-Related Variables
title_sort study on the effect of the envelope of terahertz unipolar stimulation on cell membrane communication related variables
url https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0755
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