Table 2.
Dielectric properties of iRBC and hRBC [62]
Cell type | Position | Electrical conductivity (S/m) | Relative dielectric permittivity | ||
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Host | Parasite | Host | Parasite | ||
iRBC | Membrane | 7 ± 2 × 10−5 | <10−6 | 9.03 ± 0.82 | 8 ± 4 |
Interior | (0.95 ± 0.05)σm | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 58 ± 10 | 70 ± 5 | |
hRBC | Membrane | <10−6 | 4.44 ± 0.45 | ||
Interior | 0.31 ± 0.03 | 59 ± 6 |
Remark: σm is the electrical conductivity of the suspension medium