Stability of biomimetic membranes in DC electric fields

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 706, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-70

  Seiwert, Jacopo ^a   Miksis, Michael J ^b   Vlahovska, Petia M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

electrohydrodynamic effects; membranes

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROLYTES; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; FINITE THICKNESS; FLUID FLUID INTERFACES; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE;

MEMBRANES;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROLYTE; FLOW STABILITY; HYDROMECHANICS; INTERFACE; MEMBRANE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871517841     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.211     Document Type: Article

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