Flow of artificial microcapsules in microfluidic channels: A method for determining the elastic properties of the membrane

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lefebvre, Yannick ^a   Leclerc, Eric ^a   Barthès Biesel, Dominique ^a   Walter, Johann ^a   Edwards Lévy, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ENCAPSULATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CYLINDRICAL CHANNEL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 58249133777     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3054128     Document Type: Article

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