An Electroporation Device with Microbead-Enhanced Electric Field for Bacterial Inactivation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Fundamentals
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Device Design and Fabrication
2.2. Cell Preparation
2.3. Experimental Setup
2.4. Numerical Simulation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Numerical Simulation Results
3.2. Inactivation Performance of the Device
3.3. Effect of Applied Electric Field
3.4. Effect of AC Frequency
4. Concluding Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pudasaini, S.; Perera, A.T.K.; Ahmed, S.S.U.; Chong, Y.B.; Ng, S.H.; Yang, C. An Electroporation Device with Microbead-Enhanced Electric Field for Bacterial Inactivation. Inventions 2020, 5, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5010002
Pudasaini S, Perera ATK, Ahmed SSU, Chong YB, Ng SH, Yang C. An Electroporation Device with Microbead-Enhanced Electric Field for Bacterial Inactivation. Inventions. 2020; 5(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5010002
Chicago/Turabian StylePudasaini, Sanam, A. T. K. Perera, Syed. S. U. Ahmed, Yong Bing Chong, Sum Huan Ng, and Chun Yang. 2020. "An Electroporation Device with Microbead-Enhanced Electric Field for Bacterial Inactivation" Inventions 5, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5010002