Talk:Dielectrophoresis

Flow: Removed selectivity from the article due to the word being used twice in the same sentence.

"Since biological cells have dielectric properties,[14][15] dielectrophoresis has many medical applications" - And i thought, every material has dielectric properties?

In the Dielectrophoretic force section, the equations for the DEP force are not the time-dependant forces (as stated), but the time-averaged forces, e.g., see Eq. (3.4) in TB Jones, Electromechanics of Particles. This book is referred to in the article. This should be fixed.

The equation for dielectric force on an prolate ellipsoid says that r>l. That would make it an oblate ellipsoid. Which is correct: is this really for a prolate ellipsoid (r<l) or is it a typo and "prolate" should be replaced by "oblate?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganaren (talk • contribs) 23:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

For reference: Dielectrophoretic manipulation of macromolecules: The electric field http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.026605 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.21.137.120 (talk) 21:35, 22 December 2015 (UTC)