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Fig. 1
(a) Schematic representation of water-water, glucose-water and glucose-glucose dipole interactions in glucose-DI water solution with randomly oriented dipoles under the effect of an external electric field; (b) Schematic diagram to describe the conical solid angle included between θ and (θ+dθ).
Fig. 2
(a) Schematic diagram of the conductivity cell inside the test tube containing the solution of DI water and glucose; (b) Equivalent circuit of the system.
Fig. 3
Plots of the variations of electrical parameters with volume fraction of glucose in DI water: (a) variation of impedance 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz; (b) variation of capacitance at frequencies 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz and; (c) variation of conductance at 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz.
Fig. 4
Plots of the variations of electrical parameters with volume fraction of glucose in PBS: (a) variation of impedance 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz; (b) variation of capacitance at frequencies 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz and; (c) variation of conductance at 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz.
Fig. 5
(a) Comparative plots of both experimental and theoretical variation of impedance with volume fraction at 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz and; (b) comparative plots of both experimental and theoretical variation of capacitance with volume fraction at 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz.
Fig. 6
Plots showing the experimentally measured spectra of impedance, capacitance and conductance for different compositional concentration of glucose in DI water. (a) Impedance over the frequency window emphasizing 1 kHz to 100 kHz range. (b) Capacitance over the entire frequency window (inset) and Capacitance spectrum emphasizing 1 kHz to 1.5 MHz range (c) Conductance over the frequency window emphasizing 1 kHz to 100 kHz range.