Modeling and Control of Electroporation-Mediated Gene Delivery

This paper proposes a model and control strategies for the electroporation - mediated gene-delivery based on chemo-electro-mechanical model of the process. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategies.

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