Mathematical models of developmental vascular remodelling: A review

JR Crawshaw, JA Flegg, MO Bernabeu… - PLoS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 40 years, there has been a strong focus on the development of mathematical
models of angiogenesis, while developmental remodelling has received little such attention …

Advances in microfluidics for single red blood cell analysis

GV Grigorev, AV Lebedev, X Wang, X Qian… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Lattice-Boltzmann modelling for inertial particle microfluidics applications-a tutorial review

B Owen, K Kechagidis, SR Bazaz… - … in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Inertial particle microfluidics (IPMF) is an emerging technology for the manipulation and
separation of microparticles and biological cells. Since the flow physics of IPMF is complex …

Lift at low Reynolds number

L Bureau, G Coupier, T Salez - The European Physical Journal E, 2023 - Springer
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 …

Red blood cell dynamics in extravascular biological tissues modelled as canonical disordered porous media

Q Zhou, K Schirrmann, E Doman, Q Chen… - Interface …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The dynamics of blood flow in the smallest vessels and passages of the human body, where
the cellular character of blood becomes prominent, plays a dominant role in the transport …

Emergent cell-free layer asymmetry and biased haematocrit partition in a biomimetic vascular network of successive bifurcations

Q Zhou, J Fidalgo, MO Bernabeu, MSN Oliveira… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Blood is a vital soft matter, and its normal circulation in the human body relies on the
distribution of red blood cells (RBCs) at successive bifurcations. Understanding how RBCs …

Cell-free layer of red blood cells in a constricted microfluidic channel under steady and time-dependent flow conditions

SM Recktenwald, K Graessel, Y Rashidi, JN Steuer… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Constricted blood vessels in the circulatory system can severely impact the spatiotemporal
organization of red blood cells (RBCs) causing various physiological complications. In …

Partitioning of dense RBC suspensions in single microfluidic bifurcations: role of cell deformability and bifurcation angle

A Stathoulopoulos, A Passos, E Kaliviotis… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Red blood cells (RBCs) are a key determinant of human physiology and their behaviour
becomes extremely heterogeneous as they navigate in narrow, bifurcating vessels in the …

Cell-free layer development and spatial organization of healthy and rigid red blood cells in a microfluidic bifurcation

Y Rashidi, O Aouane, A Darras, T John, J Harting… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bifurcations and branches in the microcirculation dramatically affect blood flow as they
determine the spatiotemporal organization of red blood cells (RBCs). Such changes in …

The physics of DNA folding: polymer models and phase-separation

A Esposito, A Abraham, M Conte, F Vercellone… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Within cell nuclei, several biophysical processes occur in order to allow the correct activities
of the genome such as transcription and gene regulation. To quantitatively investigate such …