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. 2019 Dec 16;9:19153. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55579-9

Table 1.

Best-fit dielectric properties of Jurkat cells determined by the DEP well system, compared to published values.

3DEP Literature
Membrane capacitance (mF/m2) 9.96 13.24A; 13.5–14B; 7.1C; 7.6–10D, 8.3E
Membrane conductance (S/m2) 25 35–82A; 137C; 75E
Radius (measured optically, µm) 6.5 ± 0.9 5.25A; 7.4B; 7.6C; 5.18D; 7.4E; 5.5F
Cytoplasm relative permittivity 60 90A; 80E; 60F
Cytoplasm conductivity (S/m) 0.48 0.7A; 0.84–1.1B; 0.25D; 0.15E; 0.3F

Relative permittivity is the ratio of the permittivity of a substance to the permittivity of free space or vacuum. Sources: APethig and Talary36; BKiesel et al.37; Sukhorukov et al.38; DGarner et al.39; EReuss et al.40; FZhang et al.41.