The goal of this thesis is the conception, development and evaluation of an electrical impedance-based method for the diagnosis and therapy monitoring of arthrosclerosis. To understand basically how the change of tissue parameters on the cellular level can be characterized electrically by impedance spectroscopy, theoretical and experimental investigations based on a single cell/micro hole model...

This paper presents an optimization of a single cell electrical model, based on Maxwell’s mixture Theory, applied to flow cytometry coupled to impedance spectroscopy. It is based on the discretization of the measurement area into a square reference volume, centered between microelectrodes, and fixed impedance areas. The first one represents the sensing area, the one impacted by cell presence du...

We examined in this work the effect of the inter-grains distributions as well as the scaling of the complex impedance in order to analyze its frequency dependance for composite metal-insulator films. The dependance of the characteristic frequencies on the inter-grain distribution is shown for large sample sizes. The impedance spectra become statistically stable above sizes of the order 200x200.

introduction bladder cancer is the most common malignancy in elderly people and most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (tcc). bladder pathology is usually investigated visually by cystoscopy and this technique can represent different conditions ranging from simple inflammation to flat cis. however, biopsies must be taken from the suspected area to obtain diagnostic information. t...

the effect of mentha spicata l. extract on the corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in 1.0 m hcl solution was investigated using polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis) and electrochemical noise (en) techniques. the solution containing 250 ppm of the ethanolic solution of extract showed the highest inhibition efficiency (ie). the effect of temperature on the rate of corrosion ...

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and gravimetric methods were carried out to analyze water uptake of thin polyurethane films separately filled with either hydrophobic or hydrophilic nano-silica. Correspondingly the impedance spectra and gravimetric data were interpreted in terms of movement of water within the coating and/or to the coating/metal interface. Although the obtained results fr...

In this review we present a unified approach for single cell dielectric spectroscopy. Impedance spectroscopy and dielectrophoretic cell sorting, current microtechnologies applied in electrical analysis of single cells are discussed based on their closely related physical principles. In addition, examples of microfluidic devices will be presented: a microfabricated flow cytometer for single cell...

This review paper gives basic knowledge about the Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. The main working hypotheses for its correct performance are discussed. A detailed presentation of the structural modelling is made. A brief introduction of the basic elements and electrochemical models is done. The different steps of the impedance data analysis: data preprocessing, parametric identificatio...