Implications for microtubule function
No Hall effect in microtubules
The Hall effect is phenomenon leading to anisotropy of the electroconductivity in
a conductor or semi-conductor and is caused by magnetic field whose induction
B is perpendicular to the vector describing the current density J . In this
anisotropy the vector J and the electric intensity vector E are not collinear, but
form angle θH between them, called Hall angle. Hall effect, discovered in 1879,
is almost invisible in metals but is much more pronounced in semi-conductors!
Fig. 16 The Hall effect in metal lamina with monotype carriers of negative
charges (electrons). Modified from Zlatev (1972)
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