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 …

Topological digestion drives time-varying rheology of entangled DNA fluids

D Michieletto, P Neill, S Weir, D Evans, N Crist… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding and controlling the rheology of polymeric complex fluids that are pushed out-
of-equilibrium is a fundamental problem in both industry and biology. For example, to …

Optimised hyperbolic microchannels for the mechanical characterisation of bio-particles

Y Liu, K Zografos, J Fidalgo, C Duchêne, C Quintard… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The transport of bio-particles in viscous flows exhibits a rich variety of dynamical behaviour,
such as morphological transitions, complex orientation dynamics or deformations …

Swimming behaviour of a flagellated alga in Newtonian and complex fluids

E Rycroft - 2022 - stax.strath.ac.uk
Many microscopic swimmers in nature navigate through complex fluids, such as worm
typeswimmers in muds, and spermatozoa in cervical mucus. An understanding of the …