Do changes in cell shape affect suspension conductivity?
The conductivity of a suspension containing uniformly oriented asymmetric cells depends on the shape of the cells. Whether the shape of cells with random spatial orientation also affects the conductivity of a suspension is not clear. A highly sensitive apparatus was used to register the dynamic changes in conductivity of erythrocyte suspension, upon induced morphological transformation discocytes<-->spherocytes). The results obtained with a sensitivity of up to 0.06% show that the drastic change of cell shape itself did not affect the suspension conductivity.
Ivanov
I T
IT
Department of Physics and Biophysics, Medical Institute of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Popov
B K
BK
D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological