Shape of red blood cells in contact with artificial surfaces
Journal article, 2017
The phenomenon of physical contact between red blood cells and artificial surfaces is considered. A fully three-dimensional mathematical model of a bilayer membrane in contact with an artificial surface is presented. Numerical results for the different geometries and adhesion intensities are found to be in agreement with experimentally observed geometries obtained by means of digital holographic microscopy.
Artificial surfaces
Red blood cells
Adhesion
Helfrich functional
Shape
Author
Richards Grzhibovskis
Universität des Saarlandes
Elisabeth Krämer
Universität des Saarlandes
Ingolf Bernhardt
Universität des Saarlandes
Björn Kemper
University of Münster
Carl Zandén
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Electronics Material and Systems
Nikolay V. Repin
Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine
Bogdan V. Tkachuk
Nacionalnij Tehnicnij Universytet Kharkivskij Polytehnicnij Institut
Marina Voinova
Chalmers, Physics, Condensed Matter Theory
European Biophysics Journal
0175-7571 (ISSN) 1432-1017 (eISSN)
Vol. 46 2 141-148Subject Categories
Bioengineering Equipment
DOI
10.1007/s00249-016-1148-8