Moveable wire electrode microchamber for nanosecond pulsed electric-field delivery

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 489-496

  Wu, Yu Hsuan ^a   Arnaud Cormos, Delia ^b,c   Casciola, Maura ^d   Sanders, Jason M ^a   Leveque, Philippe ^b,c   Vernier, P Thomas ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell electroporation; finite difference time domain (FDTD); high voltage; nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF); wire electrodes

Indexed keywords

CELL ELECTROPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; HIGH VOLTAGE; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; WIRE ELECTRODE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROCHANNELS; PULSE GENERATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WIRE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NANOFABRICATION; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SIMULATION;

CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84872566123     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2228650     Document Type: Article

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