Red Blood Cells as Elastic Surfaces
Abstract
We study red blood cells using the Helfrich-Canham functional: due to their lipid bilayer structure, RBCs are naturally modeled using the theory of elastic surfaces. In this study, we demonstrate that Cassinian ovals, except for the limiting case of the round sphere, do not solve the shape equation. We further discuss conditions under which they may serve as effective approximations.
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