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Cells exposed to relatively mild alternating field intensities of the order of hundreds of volts per centimeter show the phenomenon known as dielectrophoresis. This is the displacement of the cells towards regions of higher field intensities. When a few short pulses of higher field intensities w1re applied, fusion of the cells or lysis was demonstrated to occur2,3.
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Morariu, V.V., Chifu, A., Simplaceanu, T., Frangopol, P.T. (1985). Erythrocytes in Alternating Electric Fields. In: Pullman, A., Vasilescu, V., Packer, L. (eds) Water and Ions in Biological Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0424-9_71
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