Calculation of the dielectrophoretic force in biological microsystems: Comparason of the dipolar model with the Maxwell stress tensor method;Calcul de la force diélectrophorétique dans les microsystèmes biologiques: comparaison du modèle dipolaire avec le modèle du tenseur de Maxwell

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 64, Issue 7-9, 2006, Pages 437-444

  Benselama, Adel M ^a,b   Pham, Pascale ^b   Atten, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectrophoretic force; Maxwell stress tensor; Point dipole model

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; TENSORS;

BIOLOGICAL MICROSYSTEMS; DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCE; MAXWELL STRESS TENSOR; POINT-DIPOLE MODEL;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; TENSORS;

EID: 33646817077     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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