Low frequency weak electric fields can induce structural changes in water

" Treatment of EZ and bulk-water droplets with alternating electric fields altered their charge. Mainly, they appeared to gain positive charge, in the following order: bulk-control < bulk-1000 Hz < EZ-control, DI and EZ-7.8 Hz. Putting the radiometric and contact-angle goniometric results together led us to conclude that EZ water has higher structural stability and greater tendency to absorb positive charge than DI and bulk water.

On the other hand, our principal results show that application of an electric field from above, with frequency of 75 Hz on DI water, changes the water’s molecular structure in a way that its radiance profile shows similarity toward radiance profile of EZ water, while other frequencies had no such impact. In other words, that frequency would result in “relatively ordered water”, which is also a signature feature of EZ water. However, how the molecular ordering of EZ and “75 Hz exposed water” are similar or coincidental is a matter for future study." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Rad I, Stahlberg R, Kung K, Pollack GH (2021) Low frequency weak electric fields can induce structural changes in water. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260967. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.