Figure 2.

Classification of RBC shapes in microfluidic channels under constant flow conditions. (a) Fraction of RBC shapes as a function of the applied pressure drop (bottom axis) and the mean cell velocity (top axis). (b) Representative examples of a croissant (top) and a slipper (bottom) for experiments with p = 100 mbar and p = 600 mbar, corresponding to cell velocities of v ≈ 1 mm s^–1 and v ≈ 5.8 mm s^–1, respectively. The simulation snapshots are obtained at similar velocities. The flow is in x direction, and the scale bars represent a length of 5 μm.