Main description:

This major reference work is a one-shot knowledge base on electroporation and the use of pulsed electric fields of high intensity and their use in biology, medicine, biotechnology, and food and environmental technologies. The Handbook offers a widespread and well-structured compilation of 156 chapters ranging from the foundations to applications in industry and hospital. It is edited and written by most prominent researchers in the field. With regular updates and growing in its volume it is suitable for academic readers and researchers regardless of their disciplinary expertise, and will also be accessible to students and serious general readers.

The Handbook's 276 authors have established scholarly credentials and come from a wide range of disciplines. This is crucially important in a highly interdisciplinary field of electroporation and the use of pulsed electric fields of high intensity and its applications in different fields from medicine, biology, food processing, agriculture, process engineering, energy and environment. An Editorial Board of distinguished scholars from across the world has selected and reviewed the various chapters to ensure the highest quality of this Handbook.

The book was edited by an international team of Section Editors: P. Thomas Vernier, Boris Rubinsky, Juergen Kolb, Damijan Miklavcic, Marie-Pierre Rols, Javier Raso, Richard Heller, Gregor Sersa, Dietrich Knorr, and Eugene Vorobiev.

Contents:

3D Culture Models to Assess Tissue Responses to Electroporation.- 3D Tissue Models to Bridge the Gap Between Cell Culture and Tissue in Assessing Electroporation.- Ablation of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma by Percutaneous Irreversible Electroporation.- Adjuvant Immunotherapy as a Tool to Boost Effectiveness of Electrochemotherapy.- Advantages of Pulsed Electric Field Use for Treatment of Algae.- Antiangiogenic Gene Therapy.- Application of Numerical Simulation Techniques for Modeling Pulsed Electric Field Processing.- Application of Pulsed Electric Energies for Oil and Polyphenol Extraction from Sesame Cake and Sesame Seeds.- Application of Pulsed Electric Energy for Grape Waste Biorefinery.- Application of Pulsed Electric Energy for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery.- Application of Pulsed Electric Field for Treatment of Fish and Seafood.- Application of Pulsed Electric Field Treatment for Food Waste Recovery Operations.- Application of Pulsed Electric Fields for Root and Tuber Crops Biorefinery.- Assessment of Electroporation by Electrical Impedance Methods.- Atomic Force Microscopy in Use of Electroporation Mechanisms Studies.- Atomic Force Microscopy to Explore Electroporation Effects on Cells.- Bacterial Cell Envelopes: Composition, Architecture, and Origin.- Basic Concepts of High Voltage Pulse Generation.