Cell-free layer development and spatial organization of healthy and rigid red blood cells in a microfluidic bifurcation
Yazdan Rashidi, Othmane Aouane, Alexis Darras, Thomas John, Jens Harting, Christian Wagner, Steffen M. Recktenwald
Abstract
The flow and spatiotemporal organization of healthy and rigid red blood cells was investigated in a microfluidic T-junction to understand how bifurcations and branches in the microcirculation affect blood flow.
Topics & Concepts
BifurcationMicrofluidicsRed blood cellMicrocirculationFlow (mathematics)Blood flowBiophysicsMechanicsChannel (broadcasting)Materials scienceChemistryNanotechnologyBiologyPhysicsComputer scienceMedicineNonlinear systemComputer networkQuantum mechanicsBiochemistryInternal medicineRadiologyBlood properties and coagulationErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows