Dielectric properties of biological tissues in which cells are connected by communicating junctions

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3718-3727

  Asami, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CELL CULTURE; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MICROARRAYS; PERMITTIVITY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CUBIC ARRAY; MEMBRANE-LINED CHANNELS; RELAXATION CURVES;

TISSUE;

EID: 34547247840     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/12/027     Document Type: Article

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