Avtor/Urednik		Iglič, Aleš
Naslov		A possible mechanism determining the stability of spiculated red blood cells
Tip		članek
Vir		J Biomech
Vol. in št.		Letnik 30, št. 1
Leto izdaje		1997
Obseg		str. 35-40
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		In this work the stability of spiculated red blood cells, called echinocytes, is studied. It is assumed that the stable echinocyte shape corresponds to the minimum of its membrane elastic energy. It is shown that if the membrane skeleton shear elasticity is not taken into account the calculated stable echinocyte shapes always have only one spicule. However, by considering the skeleton shear elastic energy also, the calculated stable echinocyte shapes have many spicula in agreement with experimental observations.
Deskriptorji		ERYTHROCYTES ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE CELL SIZE BIOMECHANICS ELASTICITY MODELS, THEORETICAL