Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

The microcirculation is an extensive network of microvessels that distributes blood flow
throughout living tissues. Reynolds numbers are much less than 1, and the equations of …

The cellular detail of blood is an essential factor in its flow, especially in vessels or devices
with size comparable to that of its suspended cells. This article motivates and reviews …

Mesoscale simulations of blood flow, where the red blood cells are described as deformable
closed shells with a membrane characterized by bending rigidity and stretching elasticity …

We simulate the cross-flow migration of rigid particles such as platelets in a red blood cell
(RBC) suspension using the Stokes flow boundary integral equation method. Two types of …

A spectral boundary integral method for simulating large numbers of blood cells flowing in
complex geometries is developed and demonstrated. The blood cells are modeled as finite …

Cell membranes are vital to shield a cell's interior from the environment. At the same time
they determine to a large extent the cell's mechanical resistance to external forces. In recent …

A large number of nanoparticles (NPs) have been raised for diverse biomedical applications
and some of them have shown great potential in treatment and imaging of diseases. Design …

Flowing blood displays a phenomenon called margination, in which leukocytes and platelets
are preferentially found near blood vessel walls, while erythrocytes are depleted from these …

Blood and many other multicomponent suspensions display a segregation behavior in
which different components of the suspension are differentially distributed in the cross …