Capillary‐size flow of human blood plasma: Revealing hidden elasticity and scale dependence

The dynamical mechanical analysis of blood generally uses models inspired by conventional flows, assuming scale-independent homogeneous flows and without considering fluid-surface boundary interactions. The present experimental study highlights the relevance of using an approach in line with physiol...

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Published in:Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2021-07, Vol.110 (2)
Main Authors: Windberger, Ursula, Baroni, Patrick, Noirez, Laurence
Format: Article
Language:English
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Life Sciences
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Summary:The dynamical mechanical analysis of blood generally uses models inspired by conventional flows, assuming scale-independent homogeneous flows and without considering fluid-surface boundary interactions. The present experimental study highlights the relevance of using an approach in line with physiological reality providing a strong interaction between the fluid and the boundary interface. New dynamic properties of human blood plasma are found: a finite shear elastic response (solid-like property) is identified in nearly static conditions, which also depends on the scale (being reinforced at small scales). The elastic behavior is confirmed by the induction, without heat transfer, of local hot and cold thermodynamic states evidencing a thermo-mechanical coupling in blood plasma so far known only in elastic materials. This finding opens new routes for medical diagnosis and device fabrication.
ISSN:1549-3296
1552-4965
DOI:10.1002/jbm.a.37286