Motions of trace particles and red blood cells in a PDMS microchannel with a converging bifurcation

Leble, Vladimir; Dias, Ricardo P.; Lima, Rui A.; Fernandes, Carla S.; Ishikawa, Takuji; Imai, Yohsuke; Yamaguchi, Takami

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This paper presents microflow visualizations of both pure water and red blood cells (RBCs) in a converging bifurcation. The visualizations are a combination of results obtained from a confocal micro-PTV system and an image analysis technique known as “Zproject” from ImageJ. Our preliminary qualitative results suggest that the cell-free layer that is formed in middle of the microchannel (after confluence apex) may play an important role on RBCs trajectories.

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Leble, Vladimir; Dias, Ricardo P.; Lima, R.; Fernandes, Carla S.; Ishikawa, Takuji; Imai, Yohsuke; Yamaguchi, Takami (2011). Motions of trace particles and red blood cells in a PDMS microchannel with a converging bifurcation. In Japan-Portugal Nano-Biomedical Engineering Symposium 2011. Bragança e Porto