Author(s): Rafael G. Henríquez Rivera, Kushal Sinha, and Michael D. Graham
During blood flow, white blood cells and platelets segregate near vessel walls, a phenomenon known as margination. A new kinetic theory allows the different segregation regimes to be defined, showing that, under certain conditions, the concentration of cells at the walls goes to zero.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 188101] Published Mon May 04, 2015