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
Helfrich functional
Adhesion
Shape
Author
Richards Grzhibovskis
Universitat des Saarlandes
Elisabeth Krämer
Universitat des Saarlandes
Ingolf Bernhardt
Universitat des Saarlandes
Björn Kemper
University of Münster
Carl Zandén
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
Electronics Material and Systems
European Biophysics Journal
0175-7571 (ISSN) 1432-1017 (eISSN)
Vol. 46 2 141-148Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Bioengineering Equipment
DOI
10.1007/s00249-016-1148-8