Squishy Non-Spherical Hydrogel Microparticles

摘要: Recent advances in the synthesis of polymeric colloids have opened doors to new advanced materials. There is strong interest using these techniques produce particles that mimic and/or interact with biological systems. An important characteristic systems has not yet been exploited synthetic their wide range deformability. A canonical example this human red blood cell (RBC) which exhibits extreme reversible deformability under flow. Here we report soft sizes and shapes those RBC. Additionally, demonstrate mechanical flexibility can be reproducibly varied over a large resulting RBC-like physiological flow conditions. These materials potential impact interaction between