Calculation of dielectric spectra of suspensions of rod-shaped cells using boundary element method.
The boundary element method (BEM) has been applied to the calculation of dielectric spectra of suspensions of rod-shaped cells using two kinds of models: model-R consisting of a cylinder and two hemispheres and model-PU of prolate spheroid shape. Both models have an insulating shell phase of a uniform thickness. The calculations were compared with those using a conventional spheroidal model with a confocal shell (model-PC) and previous observations on rod-shaped yeast cells. The differences among the three models were not considerable and all the models succeeded in interpreting the observed data on yeast cells.
Sekine
Katsuhisa
K
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 5-11-80 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa 920-0942, Japan. sekine@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Torii
Nobue
N
Kuroda
Chihiro
C
Asami
Koji
K
D008954:Models, Biological; D010316:Particle Size; D055672:Static Electricity