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On the Equilibrium Shape of Erythrocytes

Soft Condensed Matter 2015-06-22 v1
Authors: V. I. Marchenko , E. R. Podolyak
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Abstract

It is shown that the model proposed by Canham quantitatively describes the observed biconcave shape of human erythrocytes.

Keywords

erythrocytes equilibrium shape biconcave shape canham model soft matter cell membrane

Cite

@article{arxiv.1506.05939,
  title  = {On the Equilibrium Shape of Erythrocytes},
  author = {V. I. Marchenko and E. R. Podolyak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.05939},
  year   = {2015}
}

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