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Inside Back Cover: Shape‐Dependent Optoelectronic Cell Lysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2014)
Author(s) -
Kremer Clemens,
Witte Christian,
Neale Steven L.,
Reboud Julien,
Barrett Michael P.,
Cooper Jonathan M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201310757
Subject(s) - lysis , optoelectronics , cover (algebra) , field (mathematics) , red blood cell , white light , electric field , materials science , chemistry , optics , biophysics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , engineering , mathematics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , pure mathematics
Red blood cells are illuminated with red light on an optoelectronic device, causing them to experience an electrical field that induces lysis. In their Communication on page 842 ff., J. M. Cooper et al. demonstrate that the shape of the cells has a large effect on the strength of field they experience, as the field lines are distorted by the presence of the cells. Disc‐shaped red blood cells experience higher electrical potentials than the larger but spherical white blood cells.