One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli.
As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and out of …

This article reviews the mechanical behavior of a capsule under the influence of viscous
deforming forces due to a flowing fluid. It focuses on artificial capsules and vesicles with an …

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 …

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 have performed direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a lipid vesicle under Stokes flow
conditions in simple shear flow. The lipid membrane is modelled as a two-dimensional …

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

The study of vesicles under flow, a model system for red blood cells (RBCs), is an essential
step in understanding various intricate dynamics exhibited by RBCs in vivo and in vitro …

An approach to quantitatively study vesicle dynamics as well as biologically-related micro-
objects in a fluid flow, which is based on the combination of a dynamical trap and a control …

Three-dimensional numerical simulations using a front-tracking method are presented on
the dynamics of oblate shape capsules in linear shear flow by considering a broad range of …

Soft bodies flowing in a channel often exhibit parachutelike shapes usually attributed to an
increase of hydrodynamic constraint (viscous stress and/or confinement). We show that the …