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 …

This review is addressed to the phase inversion process, which is not only a common, low-
energy route to make stable emulsions for a variety of industrial products spanning from food …

Red blood cells (RBCs) possess a unique capacity for undergoing cellular deformation to
navigate across various human microcirculation vessels, enabling them to pass through …

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 …

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 …

Microcapsules are reviewed with special emphasis on the relevance of controlled
mechanical properties for functional aspects. At first, assembly strategies are presented that …

The apparent viscosity of blood flowing through narrow glass tubes decreases strongly with
decreasing tube diameter over the range from about 300 μm to about 10 μm. This …

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 …

The dynamics of single red blood cells (RBCs) determine microvascular blood flow by
adapting their shape to the flow conditions in the narrow vessels. In this study, we explore …

In this work, a microfluidic system to investigate the flow behavior of red blood cells in a
microcirculation-mimicking network of PDMS microchannels with thickness comparable to …