Flow dynamics of red blood cells and their biomimetic counterparts

Petia M. Vlahovska , Dominique Barthes-Biesel (1) , Chaouqi Misbah (2)

1 BMBI - Biomécanique et Bioingénierie
2 LIPhy - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique [Saint Martin d’Hères]

We review recent experimental, theoretical, and computational studies of red blood cells and their mimics, vesicles and capsules, in flow. We focus on the continuum approach in modeling cell deformability and blood rheology.

Domaines: Physique Classique [physics.class-ph]

Petia M. Vlahovska, Dominique Barthes-Biesel, Chaouqi Misbah. Flow dynamics of red blood cells and their biomimetic counterparts. Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2013, 14, pp.451-458. ⟨10.1016/J.CRHY.2013.05.001⟩. ⟨hal-00881110⟩