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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Chem. 2005 May 1;77(9):2708–2719. doi: 10.1021/ac048196z

Table 2. Summary of dielectric data for the cells studied by the electrosmear method.

Values of Θ were derived from the slopes of the cell responses shown in Figures 6 and 7. The specific membrane capacitance values (Cmem) were computed from the Θ values using equation (3). Cell radii (r) values were either measured or obtained from previous references.

Cell Type θ MHz.m/S) r(μm) Cmem(mF/m2) Cmem(mF/m2)
Erythrocytes 6.94 2.8 ± 0.1 11.6 ± 2.14 11.8 ± 0.8
Lymphocytes 4.72 3.5 ± 0.2 13.6 ± 1.94 11.5 ± 1.1
Granulocytes 2.87 4.71 ± 0.23 16.7 ± 2.41 11.0 ± 3.2
Monocytes 3.2 4.63 ± 0.36 15.24 ± 1.04 15.3 ± 4.3
HL-60 2.3 5.8 ± 0.42 16.85 ± 6.39 16.41 ± .41
MDA-231 1.01 6.2 ± 0.58 35.61 ± 4.91 25.9 ± 3.7
MDA-435 0.975 7.7 ± 0.58 29.97 ± 7.2 23.0 ± 7.7
MDA-468 1.13 7.2 ± 0.66 28.41 ± 1.42 27.5 ± 4.2
Jurkat 3.06 5.92 ± 0.66 12.43 ± 4.94
SK1 2.23 6.43 ± 0.845 15.69 ± 7.97