Mechanical properties of the human red blood cell membrane at -15 °C

Cryobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Thom, Fritz ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AC electrical field; Human red blood cell membrane; Isotropic tension; Shear modulus; Subzero temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67649413068     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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