Mechanical fatigue of human red blood cells

• Main Authors: Qiang, Yuhao, Liu, Jia, Dao, Ming, Suresh, Subra, Du, E.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Mechanical Fatigue Of Biological Cells; Mechanical Fatigue Of Erythrocytes; Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103697; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49988
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fatigue arising from cyclic straining is a key factor in the degradation of properties of engineered materials and structures. Fatigue can also induce damage and fracture in natural biomaterials, such as bone, and in synthetic biomaterials used in implant devices. However, the mechanisms by which me...