Optical tweezers (OTs) are innovative instruments utilized for the manipulation of
microscopic biological objects of interest. Rapid improvements in precision and degree of …

The utilizations of microfluidic chips for single RBC (red blood cell) studies have attracted
great interests in recent years to filter, trap, analyze, and release single erythrocytes for …

Demonstration of the light radiation pressure on a microscopic level by A. Ashkin led to the
invention of optical tweezers (OT). Applied in the studies of living systems, OT have become …

The last two decades witnessed a significant advancement in the field of diluted and whole
blood plasma separation. This is one of the common procedures used to diagnose, cure and …

Despite extensive studies on different types of nanoparticles as potential drug carriers, the
application of red blood cells (RBCs) as natural transport agents for systemic drug delivery is …

Hematite particles, which exhibit a high magnetic moment, are used to apply large forces on
physical and biological systems under magnetic fields to investigate various phenomena …

The development of economical optical devices with a reduced footprint foreseeing
manipulation, sorting and detection of single cells and other micro particles have been …

Fibrinogen is regarded as the main glycoprotein in the aggregation of red blood cells
(RBCs), a normally occurring phenomenon that has a major impact on blood rheology and …

Erythrophagocytosis occurring in the spleen is a critical process for removing senescent and
diseased red blood cells (RBCs) from the microcirculation. Although some progress has …

Abstract Development of reliable, sensitive, selective, and miniaturized sensing
technologies is critical for health assessment and early diagnosis and treatment of …