Helical water wires.

A helitetrahedral model has been proposed to help explain reports of low-frequency oscillations in pure water following electromagnetic excitation at the hydronium ion cyclotron resonance frequency. The Lorentz force and the intrinsic structure constrain the motion of the HO ion so that it enjoys a unique form of proton-hopping, one whose path is helical. This model may also explain the numerous previously observed cyclotron resonance (ICR) biological couplings for cations other than hydronium by merely substituting hydrogen-bonded versions of these for hydronium in the tetrahedral structure. Thus the effectiveness of resonance stimulation in biological systems is explained in terms of the enhanced conductivity and reduced scattering associated with proton-hopping. It is further shown that the addition of charge-balancing hydroxyl ions act to enable oscillatory electric dipole moments that propagate along the helical axis, giving rise to weak power (≈ femtoWatts) radiation patterns. It is conceivable that the radiation associated with this process may play a role in the interactions at the interface between water and living matter.