title: Analogous features of delayed luminescence from Acetabularia acetabulum and some solid state systems.
abstract: This paper compares some features of the delayed luminescence in the seconds range emitted from an unicellular alga Acetabularia acetabulum and from some solid state systems. Results lead us to think that such delayed luminescence is connected to the dimension of the ordered structures present in both biological and solid state systems. In particular, for the biological system examined, these structures are thought to be those which contribute to the dynamic formation of the cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Metodologie Fisiche e Chimiche per l'Ingegneria, Università di Catania, Italy. demone@dmfci.ing.unict.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scordino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Triglia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musumeci
mesh_terms: D000076:Acetabularia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D003624:Darkness; D008027:Light; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D013440:Sulfides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide