Inter-pulse interval between rectangular voltage pulses affects electroporation threshold of artificial lipid bilayers

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 116-120

  Lebar, Alenka Maček ^a   Troiano, Gregory C ^b,c   Tung, Leslie ^d   Miklavčič, Damijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALKERMES INC   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer lipid membrane; Electroporation; Frequency; Threshold voltage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

BILAYER LIPID MEMBRANES; ELECTROPORATION; PULSE TRAINS; VOLTAGE PULSES;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPORATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPORATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; POROSITY; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 11444256613     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2003.809464     Document Type: Article

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