Pattern formation in biological fluids II: cell deformation in shear fields evidences convective membrane organisation

Details Pattern formation in biological fluids II: cell deformation in shear fields evidences convective membrane organisation Pattern formation in biological fluids II: cell deformation in shear fields evidences convective membrane organisation

2004-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0404038v1

1998: Paper 2 at http://members.lycos.co.uk/convection/Publications.html

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General Physics

20 pages with 10 figures: pdf file

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The mechanical behaviour and symmetry-breaking shape deformation of red blood cells subjected to shear flows is used to demonstrate that far from being random fluids, both the membrane and cytoplasm of every biological cell undergo spatially organised convective and shear driven flows when the cell maintains a Near Equilibrium state through continuousmetabolic activity. The model demonstrates that fluid bifurcation events drive cell shape changes, rather than a Meccano like cytoskeletal structure, and represents a significant Gestalt shift in models of cell mechanics.

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