Understanding the Electroporation of Cells and Artificial Bilayer Membranes
- 13 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 80 (15) , 3404-3407
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.80.3404
Abstract
A new physical mechanism is proposed to explain the electroporation of cells based on the electric-field-induced stretching of their curved membrane. The opening of pores simultaneously relaxes the surface tension leaving long-lived pores in the membrane. Semiquantitative results are proposed in good agreement with experimental observations on cells and artificial bilayer membranes.Keywords
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