Segregation in desiccated sessile drops of biological fluids.
It is shown here that concurrence between advection and diffusion in a drying sessile drop of a biological fluid can produce spatial redistribution of albumen and salt. The result gives an explanation for the patterns observed in the dried drops of the biological fluids.
Tarasevich
Yu Yu
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Astrakhan State University, 20a Tatishchev St., Astrakhan, 414056, Russia. tarasevich@aspu.ru
Pravoslavnova
D M
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D000418:Albumins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D000465:Algorithms; D001692:Biological Transport; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003890:Desiccation; D008954:Models, Biological; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry*
D000418:Albumins; D012492:Salts