title: A blood analog for laser-induced photochemical anemometry.
abstract: A transparent viscoelastic blood analog fluid was developed for use with Laser-Induced Photochemical Anemometry. To provide solubility of the photochemical tracer, 1', 3', 3'-trimethyl-6-nitroindoline-2-benzopyran (TNSB dye, Kodak Chemicals), the analog solvent needed to be nonpolar, thus currently available aqueous blood analogs were not suitable. An analog consisting of 0.04% ethylhydroxyethylcellulose dissolved in gamma-butyrolactone produced a pseudoplastic steady shear response with low elasticity in unsteady shear, while being compatible with the photochemical tracer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA. m.k.sharp@m.cc.utah.edu
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: McCarvill
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arieta
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tarbell
mesh_terms: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008954:Models, Biological; D010777:Photochemistry; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes