Memristive model of electro-osmosis in skin

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2011 Mar;83(3 Pt 1):031916. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031916. Epub 2011 Mar 24.

Abstract

We show that some of the nonlinear conductance properties of electro-osmosis in sweat-duct capillaries may be modeled by a memristive circuit. This includes both the observed phase shift and amplitude modulation of the electrical current response to a simple harmonic driving potential. Memristive sytems may therefore be expected to play a role in modeling the electrical properties of skin, and perhaps also in other systems where nonlinearities are observed in their bioimpedance.

MeSH terms

  • Biophysics / methods*
  • Capillaries / physiology
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electric Impedance
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Epithelium / blood supply
  • Epithelium / physiology*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Osmosis / physiology*
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin Physiological Phenomena