Resonant stretching of cells and other elastic objects from transient cavitation

• Main Authors: Ow, Siak-Wei Dave, Tandiono, Tandiono, Klaseboer, Evert, Ohl, Siew-Wan, Choo, Andre Boon-Hwa, Li, Fenfang, Ohl, Claus-Dieter
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81502; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The phenomenon of stretched cells in the vicinity of an oscillating bubble is investigated in this work. Experiments reveal that a red blood cell can be stretched up to five times its initial size towards the end of the collapse of a laser-induced cavitation bubble. We hypothesize that the cell elas...