• DocumentCode
    2991820
  • Title

    The effect of frequency on electric field induced surface force in red blood cell membrane

  • Author

    Chang, Stephen K W

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Res. Inst. of Environ. Med., Natick, MA, USA
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    18-19 Mar 1993
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    87
  • Abstract
    The use of electric field induced surface force acting on a red blood cell membrane to explain the observed sphering and hemolysis of the cell when exposed to the field is discussed. The frequency of the applied sinusoidal field inversely affects the field strengths at which sphering and hemolysis occur. Increase in frequency decreases the magnitude of the surface force. The effect appears to be the result of an α-dispersion of the dielectric property of the cell membrane
  • Keywords
    bioelectric potentials; biological effects of fields; biomembrane transport; blood; permittivity; α-dispersion; 1 to 5 kHz; applied sinusoidal field; dielectric property; effect of frequency; electric field induced surface force; field strengths; hemolysis; red blood cell membrane; sphering; transmembrane potential; Biomembranes; Biophysics; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Frequency; Lead; Microscopy; Red blood cells; Shape; Strontium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioengineering Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nineteenth Annual Northeast
  • Conference_Location
    Newark, NJ
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0925-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NEBC.1993.404405
  • Filename
    404405