Multiscale Particle-Based Modeling of Flowing Platelets in Blood Plasma Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 552-574

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Gao, Chao ^a   Zhang, Na ^b   Slepian, Marvin J ^a,c   Deng, Yuefan ^b   Bluestein, Danny ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipative particle dynamics; Molecular dynamics; Multiscale simulations; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COARSE GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE DEFORMABILITY; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; THROMBOCYTE MEMBRANE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 85027956425     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-014-0356-5     Document Type: Article

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