Nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy of living cell suspensions

Author

Claycomb, J.R. ; Prodan, C. ; Nawarathna, D. ; Miller, J.H., Jr.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Houston Univ., TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1669

Abstract

We report the results of nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy measurements of living cell suspensions. The experiments are carried out at low excitation frequency (kHz) and signal amplitude of several V/cm. Harmonics in the cell response are monitored after glucose is added.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; harmonic analysis; microorganisms; spectral analysis; spectroscopy; suspensions; 0.02 g; 1 kHz; 1000 sec; 3.5 g; 60 min; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; biological cells; biomedical measurement; cellular biophysics; glucose; harmonics; living cell suspensions; low excitation frequency; low signal amplitude; nonlinear cell response; nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy; spectral analysis; stress factors; yeast cells; Dielectrics; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electrodes; Frequency; Fungi; Magnetic field measurement; Permittivity measurement; Sugar; Suspensions; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106594

Filename

1106594