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A review on phospholipid vesicles flowing through channels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

Fikret Aydin ,
Xiaolei Chu ,
Joseph Greenstein  and
Meenakshi Dutt
Fikret Aydin
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Xiaolei Chu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Joseph Greenstein
Affiliation:
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Meenakshi Dutt*
Affiliation:
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
*
Address all correspondence to Meenakshi Dutt at meenakshi.dutt@rutgers.edu
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Abstract

The flow of particles through confined volumes has appeared under different contexts in nature and technology. Some examples include the flow of red blood cells or drug delivery vehicles through capillaries, or surfactant-based particles in nano- or microfluidic cells. The molecular composition of the particles along with external conditions and the characteristics of the confined volume impact the response of the particle to flow. This review focuses on the problem of phospholipid vesicles constrained to flowing in channels. The review examines how experimental and computational approaches have been harnessed to study the response of these particles to the flow.

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MRS Communications , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 718 - 726
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