The transport of nanoparticles in blood vessels: The effect of vessel permeability and blood rheology
The transport of nanoparticles in blood vessels: The effect of vessel permeability and blood rheology
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DOI:
10.1007/s10439-007-9423-6
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发表时间:
2008-02-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Decuzzi, Paolo
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作者:
Gentile, Francesco;Ferrari, Mauro;Decuzzi, Paolo
The longitudinal transport of nanoparticles in blood vessels has been analyzed with blood described as a Casson fluid. Starting from the celebrated Taylor and Aris theory, an explicit expression has been derived for the effective longitudinal diffusion (D-eff) depending non-linearly on the rheological parameter xi(c), the ratio between the plug and the vessel radii; and on the permeability parameters Pi and Omega; related to the hydraulic conductivity and pressure drop across the vessel wall, respectively. An increase of xi(c) or Pi has the effect of reducing D-eff, and thus both the rheology of blood and the permeability of the vessels may constitute a physiological barrier to the intravascular delivery of nanoparticles.