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. 2011 Sep 20;5(3):032005–032005-15. doi: 10.1063/1.3608135

Table 1.

Parameterization of multi-shelled spheroid model.

E. coli (Ref. 12) Symmetric axis radius a 1 μm  
  Asymmetric axis radius r 0.25 μm  
Cytoplasm Relative permittivity ɛcyto 60  
  Conductivity σcyto 0.22 S∕m  
Inner membrane Relative permittivity ɛim 5.5  
  Conductivity σim 10−6 S∕m  
  Thickness dim 7 nm  
Periplasm Relative permittivity ɛpp 60  
  Conductivity σpp 3.2 S∕m  
  Thickness dpp 10 nm  
Outer membrane Relative permittivity ɛom 12  
  Conductivity σom 10−4 S∕m  
  Thickness dom 7 nm  
RBC (Ref. 13) Symmetric axis radius a 1 μm  
  Asymmetric axis radius r 3.5 μm  
Cytoplasm Relative permittivity ɛcyto 50  
  Conductivity σcyto 0.53 S∕m  
Membrane Relative permittivity ɛmem 9.04  
  Conductivity σmem 10−6 S∕m  
  Thickness dmem 8 nm  
Buffer medium Relative permittivity ɛm 80  
  Conductivity σm 0.13 S∕m  
  Viscosity ηmem 1.002 cP