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ArticleScientific reports2020

Concentration-driven phase transition and self-assembly in drying droplets of diluting whole blood.

Anusuya Pal, Amalesh Gope, John D Obayemi, Germano S Iannacchione

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Anusuya PalOrder-Disorder Phenomena Laboratory, Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, 01609, USA. apal@wpi.edu.
Amalesh GopeDepartment of English, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 784028, India.
John D ObayemiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, 01609, USA.
Germano S IannacchioneOrder-Disorder Phenomena Laboratory, Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, 01609, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multi-colloidal systems exhibit a variety of structural and functional complexity owing to their ability to interact amongst different components into self-assembled structures. This paper presents experimental confirmations that reveal an interesting sharp phase transition during the drying state and in the dried film as a function of diluting concentrations ranging from 100% (undiluted whole blood) to 12.5% (diluted concentrations). An additional complementary contact angle measurement exhibits a monotonic decrease with a peak as a function of drying. This peak is related to a change in visco-elasticity that decreases with dilution, and disappears at the dilution concentration for the observed phase transition equivalent to 62% (v/v). This unique behavior is clearly commensurate with the optical image statistics and morphological analysis; and it is driven by the decrease in the interactions between various components within this bio-colloid. The implications of these phenomenal systems may address many open-ended questions of complex hierarchical structures.

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Blood Chemical AnalysisColloidsDesiccationHumansIndicator Dilution TechniquesMicroscopy, Atomic ForcePhase TransitionTime-Lapse ImagingColloids

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PMID33144671
PMCPMC7609771

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