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Published on: November 2, 2011
The effect of cationic electrolytes on the adhesion of cells
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
The adhesion rate of cells under charge regulation onto a spherical collector with constant potential is investigated in this paper. Particularly, the effect of the presence of cationic electrolytes in the suspension medium on the adhesion rate is examined. The result reveals that the presence of cationic electrolytes in the suspension medium raises the electrostatic repulsion force between cell and collector surface, when the separation distance between them is small than a critical value. This has the effect of decreasing the adhesion rate of cells. The adhesion rate of cells is quite sensitive to the value of Hamaker constant, especially at a high ionic strength value.
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