Cell death induced by subnanosecond pulsed electric fields at elevated temperatures

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10 PART 1, 2012, Pages 2334-2347

  Camp, J Thomas ^a   Jing, Yu ^a   Zhuang, Jie ^a   Kolb, Juergen F ^a   Beebe, Stephen J ^a   Song, Jiahui ^a   Joshi, Ravindra P ^a   Xiao, Shu ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Cell death; Electroporation; Pulsed electric fields; Subnanosecond pulses; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELLS; DEATH RATES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; ELECTROPORATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIVER CANCER CELLS; MEMBRANE VOLTAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTIPLE PULSE; PICOSECOND DURATION; PORE FORMATION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REDUCED VISCOSITY; REPETITION RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUB-NANOSECOND PULSE; SUBNANOSECOND;

CELL DEATH; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84867578073     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2208202     Document Type: Article

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