title: Sticky chain model for shear response of red blood cells.
abstract: A sticky chain model has been proposed to describe the unfolding of spectrin network under applied mechanical loads. With the model, the response of a red blood cell (RBC) under static and cyclic shear loading has been predicted, which agrees qualitatively with relevant experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT), School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Gan-Yun
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yiu-Wing
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Mai
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological