Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow

Details Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow Swinging and Tumbling of Fluid Vesicles in Shear Flow

2006-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611382v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 128103 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

The dynamics of fluid vesicles in simple shear flow is studied using mesoscale simulations of dynamically-triangulated surfaces, as well as a theoretical approach based on two variables, a shape parameter and the inclination angle, which has no adjustable parameters. We show that between the well-known tank-treading and tumbling states, a new ``swinging'' state can appear. We predict the dynamic phase diagram as a function of the shear rate, the viscosities of the membrane and the internal fluid, and the reduced vesicle volume. Our results agree well with recent experiments.

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