Particle-based simulations of red blood cells—A review

T Ye, N Phan-Thien, CT Lim - Journal of biomechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
Particle-based methods have been increasingly attractive for solving biofluid flow problems,
because of the ease and flexibility in modeling complex structure fluids afforded by the …

Diagnostic morphology: biophysical indicators for iron-driven inflammatory diseases

E Pretorius, DB Kell - Integrative biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Most non-communicable diseases involve inflammatory changes in one or more vascular
systems, and there is considerable evidence that unliganded iron plays major roles in this …

Erythrocytes and their role as health indicator: Using structure in a patient-orientated precision medicine approach

E Pretorius, O Oore-ofe, S Mbotwe, J Bester - Blood reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The relevance of erythrocyte light microscopy analysis (a well-known haematological
method) is under the spotlight, however there is a place for innovative electron …

Atomic force microscopy: From red blood cells to immunohaematology

N Yeow, RF Tabor, G Garnier - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) offers complementary imaging modes that can provide
morphological and structural details of red blood cells (RBCs), and characterize interactions …

Effect of spectrin network elasticity on the shapes of erythrocyte doublets

M Hoore, F Yaya, T Podgorski, C Wagner, G Gompper… - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Red blood cell (RBC) aggregates play an important role in determining blood rheology.
RBCs in plasma or polymer solution interact attractively to form various shapes of RBC …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of different dispersants on rheological behaviors of coal water slurry prepared from a low quality coal

S Hu, L Liu, X Yang, J Li, B Zhou, C Wu, L Weng… - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
To improve the efficiency of the gasification or combustion process of coal water slurry
(CWS), it is significant to optimize the rheological properties and increase the solid …

Erythrocyte-erythrocyte aggregation dynamics under shear flow

M Abbasi, A Farutin, H Ez-Zahraouy, A Benyoussef… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Red blood cells (RBCs)—erythrocytes—suspended in plasma tend to aggregate and form
rouleaux. During aggregation the first stage consists in the formation of RBC doublets [SM …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in computational fluid mechanics in cellular flow manipulation: a review

M Arabghahestani, S Poozesh, NK Akafuah - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recently, remarkable developments have taken place, leading to significant improvements
in microfluidic methods to capture subtle biological effects down to single cells. As …

Continuum modeling of deformation and aggregation of red blood cells

D Yoon, D You - Journal of biomechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to gain better understanding for rheology of an isolated red blood cell (RBC) and a
group of multiple RBCs, new continuum models for describing mechanical properties of …

Scaling of shear-induced diffusion and clustering in a blood-like suspension

L Mountrakis, E Lorenz, AG Hoekstra - Europhysics Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of cells and substances in dense suspensions like blood heavily depends on
the microstructure and the dynamics arising from their interactions with red blood cells …