We review recent advances in multiscale modeling of the mechanics of healthy and
diseased red blood cells (RBCs), and blood flow in the microcirculation. We cover the …

We review the dynamical behavior of giant fluid vesicles in various types of external
hydrodynamic flow. The interplay between stresses arising from membrane elasticity …

A recent study of red blood cells (RBCs) in shear flow [Lanotte et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 113, 13289 (2016) PNASA6 0027-8424 10.1073/pnas. 1608074113] has …

The motion of red blood cells (RBCs) in microcirculation plays an important role in blood
flow resistance and in the cell partitioning within a microvascular network. Different shapes …

The rheology of suspensions of soft particles, such as red blood cells, is a long-standing
problem in science and engineering due to the complex interplay between deformable …

Microvascular blood flow resistance has a strong impact on cardiovascular function and
tissue perfusion. The flow resistance in microcirculation is governed by flow behavior of …

We undertake here a systematic study of the rheology of blood in steady-state shear flows.
As blood is a complex fluid, the first question that we try to answer is whether, even in steady …

Red blood cells flowing through capillaries assume a wide variety of different shapes owing
to their high deformability. Predicting the realized shapes is a complex field as they are …

Eukaryotic cells and biological materials are described from a rheological point of view.
Single cells possess typical microrheological properties which can affect cell behaviour, in …

The problem of the splitting of a suspension in bifurcating channels divided into two
branches of non-equal flow rates is addressed. As has long been observed, in particular in …