SpringerProtocols: Abstract: AC-Electrokinetic Applications in a Biological Setting

AC-Electrokinetic Applications in a Biological Setting

By: Fatima H. Labeed¹

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Dielectrophoresis is a phenomenon which can be exploited to provide significant quantitative electrophysiological data in a range of biochemical setting, from oncology to drug discovery. This chapter seeks to elucidate those applications and the electrophysiological phenomena underpinning those applications.

Affiliation(s): (1) University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

Book Title: Microengineering in Biotechnology

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 583 | Pub. Date: Oct-01-2008 | Page Range: 199-219 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-106-6_9

Subject: Biotechnology

Key Words: AC-electrokinetics - dielectrophoresis - cancer - drug - cell

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