Effective viscosity of methyl cellulose solutions in phosphate buffered saline in real-time deformability cytometry

2023/02/03 by Felix Reichel, Reichel, Felix, Beyza Büyükurgancı +1
Engineering · #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2302.01664

openalex publication_date 2023/02/03 · openalex created_date 2023/02/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Here, we derive the equations to calculate the effective viscosity of solutions of methyl cellulose (MC) dissolved in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) in real-time deformability cytometry (RT-DC) experiments. The calculations are based on the rheometer measurements described by Büyükurganci et al. (2022). We outline how to get the final equations and compare the results to the current viscosity model from Herold (2017). These viscosity functions will be used to determine the Young's moduli of biological cells and other soft materials from RT-DC experiments.

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