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. 2016 Jan 21;10(1):014111. doi: 10.1063/1.4940432

TABLE I.

Channel, particle, and medium parameters employed in simulations.

Parameter Symbol Value Ref.
Channel height H 40 μm
Channel width W 100 μm
PSS density ρc 1050 kg/m3 Datasheet50
Cell density ρc 1050 kg/m3 51
PSS radius r 5.5 μm Datasheet50
Cell radius r 5.9–6.2 μm Measured
Particle initial velocity vc0 2000–2500 μm/s Measured
Medium density ρm 1019–1027 kg/m3 Calculateda
Medium viscosity η 0.001 Pa s 52
Medium conductivity σm 0.17–0.5 S/m Measured
Medium permittivity εe 78 ε0 53
a

Cells are measured in media with different conductivities. The density of each medium is calculated considering its glucose and sucrose content.52