Figure 1.

(a) Systems of interest: a suspension of red blood cells and microparticles flowing either through a confluence (left) or a bifurcation (right). Rectangles with numbers refer to figures containing corresponding 2D radial/planar projections, whereas dashed lines refer to figures containing cross-sectional profiles. (b) Inflow is realized using straight cylinders as feeding systems: whenever a cell/particle crosses the indicated plane, it is fed into one of the branches of the confluence system. To see this figure in color, go online.