An analytical solution is presented for the electric field response generated by a nonconducting ellipsoid (prolate spheroid) in a homogeneous conducting fluid subject to an external primary electric field, including surface charge distribution. Such a solution might be useful for different purposes, including cell modeling subject to an external quasistatic electromagnetic stimulus. The solution utilizes the well-known analogy between the electrostatics of dielectrics and DC conduction. The solution obtained includes an expression for the volumetric fields and an expression for the induced surface charge density at the membrane.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBrain and Human Body Modeling 2020
Subtitle of host publicationComputational Human Models Presented at EMBC 2019 and the BRAIN Initiative® 2019 Meeting
EditorsSergey Makarov
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages383-389
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-45623-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-45622-1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

    Research areas

  • Electric field response, Cell modeling, Simple cell geometry, Analytical solutions, Prolate non-conducting spheroid

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