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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik

CPP 15: Poster: Membranes, Biomaterials, Biopolymers

CPP 15.11: Poster

Monday, March 20, 2017, 18:30–21:00, P1C

Polymer chains: how they influence the red blood cell motion — •Carina Bezold, Christian Bächer, and Stephan Gekle — Univesität Bayreuth

A system called glycocalyx covers the luminal surface of blood vessels. The interaction between glycocalyx, represented by polymer chains, and red blood cells and between glycocalyx and the blood flow are examined with the simulation package ESPResSo. Our simulation results show that the velocity of the red blood cell and the effective viscosity of the fluid are altered significantly by the presence of polymer chains.