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Viscoelastic properties of Red Blood Cells in a flow

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dc.contributor Ritort Farran, Fèlix
dc.creator Gironella Torrent, Marta
dc.date 2016-11-09T16:29:36Z
dc.date 2016-11-09T16:29:36Z
dc.date 2016-06
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:23:28Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:23:28Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/103512
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16063
dc.description Màster Oficial en Física Avançada, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2016, Tutor: Fèlix Ritort
dc.description Red Blood Cells (RBC) are transported through blood stream and are responsible of oxygen delivery to the body tissues in vertebrates animals. This is achieved by squeezing RBC through body's capillaries, with mechanical properties being essential to achieve this function. Shape and composition of RBC are tightly related to their mechanical properties and their variation could induce several diseases and disorders. For that reason, the quantification of the mechanical properties of RBC could acts as an important biomarker. In this project we have performed flow experiments with RBC attached to a micron-sized bead using Optical Tweezers. The obtained results show two different populations of RBC characterized by the formation of a membrane microtube observed at high flow velocities values (800 [mu]m/s or 50 pN of drag force). Analysing the force-velocity curves, we are able to differentiate these two populations and extract drag coefficient of RBC
dc.format 9 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.rights cc-by-nc-nd (c) Gironella, 2016
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Màster Oficial - Física Avançada
dc.subject Hematies
dc.subject Viscoelasticitat
dc.subject Treballs de fi de màster
dc.subject Erythrocytes
dc.subject Viscoelasticity
dc.subject Master's theses
dc.title Viscoelastic properties of Red Blood Cells in a flow
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis


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