Table 1. Parameters for nanoparticle transport across vessel walls.
Symbol | Name | Value | Unit | Source |
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γp | Fraction of pores | 10 × 10−4 | - | [33] |
μv | Viscosity of blood | 4 × 10−3 | Pa s | [32] |
t | Thickness of vessel wall | 1 | μm | [56] |
S/V | Surface-to-volume ratio | 20 | mm−1 | [44] |
r0 | Pore radius | 50, 100, 150 (⋆), 200 | nm | [32] |
Pv | Blood-vessel wall permeability of 10 kDa dextran | 0, 3.2 × 10−5, 3.5 × 10−4 (⋆), 1.28 × 10−3 | mm/s | [53–55] |
(⋆) The bold value marks the default value used for the nanoparticle transport study in Section 3.2.