title: Self-powered electroporation using a singularity-induced nano-electroporation configuration.
abstract: This study demonstrates the feasibility of creating a self-powered (galvanic) electroporation device using the singularity-induced nano-electroporation configuration. Using this configuration, the electric field in a galvanic electrochemical cell can be amplified and used for electroporation. A secondary current distribution model of a self-powered electroporation device shows that the device can create both reversible and irreversible electroporation-inducing electric field magnitudes, and generate a small amount of power.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740, USA. gdtroszak@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Troszak
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rubinsky
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D018274:Electroporation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015233:Models, Statistical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data