Lift forces are widespread in hydrodynamics. These are typically observed for big and fast
objects and are often associated with a combination of fluid inertia (ie large Reynolds …

The physics of blood flow in small vessel networks is dominated by the interactions between
Red Blood Cells (RBCs), plasma and blood vessel walls. The resulting couplings between …

Red blood cell (RBC) deformability is important for tissue perfusion and a key determinant of
blood rheology. Diseases such as diabetes, sickle cell anemia, and malaria, as well as …

Microvascular networks feature a complex topology with multiple bifurcating vessels.
Nonuniform partitioning (phase separation) of red blood cells (RBCs) occurs at diverging …

Blood rheology and microcirculation are strongly influenced by red blood cell aggregation.
We investigate the dissociation rates of red cell aggregates in extensional flow using …

The decrease in apparent relative viscosity that occurs when blood is made to flow through a
tube whose diameter is less than about 0.3 mm is a well-known and documented …

A computational study is presented on cross-stream migration and focusing of deformable
capsules in curved microchannels of square and rectangular sections under inertial and non …

The manipulation and control of particles in microfluidic devices through non-intrusive
methods is pivotal in many application fields, eg, cell focusing and sorting. Inertial …

In this paper, the combination of two algorithms, a cell counting algorithm and a velocity
algorithm based on a Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV) method, is presented to …

The deformability of red blood cells is an essential parameter that controls the rheology of
blood as well as its circulation in the body. Characterizing the rigidity of the cells and their …