The dynamics and deformations of immersed flexible fibers are at the heart of important
industrial and biological processes, induce peculiar mechanical and transport properties in …

Microfluidics has proven to be an extraordinary working platform to mimic and study blood
flow phenomena and the dynamics of components of the human microcirculatory system …

Blood plasma has been considered a Newtonian fluid for decades. Recent experiments
(Brust et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2013, 110) revealed that blood plasma has a pronounced …

The occurrence of coiled or helical morphologies is common in nature, from plant roots to
DNA packaging into viral capsids, as well as in applications such as oil drilling processes. In …

The loss of the red blood cells (RBCs) deformability is related with many human diseases,
such as malaria, hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell disease, or renal diseases. Hence …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has become a popular material in microfluidic and
macroscale in vitro models due to its elastomeric properties and versatility. PDMS-based …

We employ a state-of-the-art microfabrication technique (selective laser-induced etching) to
fabricate a set of axisymmetric microfluidic geometries featuring a 4: 1 contraction followed …

The pressure to drive a Boger fluid through a long converging channel was measured as a
function of flow rate. The channel geometry and flow rates were designed to avoid an …

The optimal design seeks the best possible solution (s) for a mechanical structure, device, or
system, satisfying a series of requirements and leading to the best performance. In this work …

Numerical optimization of a “six-arm cross-slot” device yields several three-dimensional
shapes of fluidic channels that impose close approximations to an ideal uniaxial (biaxial) …