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EARLIER investigations of the dielectric properties of biological interfaces dealt with the plasma membrane of erythrocytes and obtained from its capacitance a value of its thickness near 10ɛmA., where ɛm is dielectric constant of membrane1. Other contributions considered the possibility of a frequency dependence of cellular membrane impedance which can be expressed by a power law2. Both frequency dependence of membrane and complexity arising from variability in cell size and shape may affect similarly dielectric properties of cellular suspensions in the RF-range.
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BOTHWELL, T., SCHWAN, H. Electrical Properties of the Plasma Membrane of Erythrocytes at Low Frequencies. Nature 178, 265–266 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178265b0
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