Study of bovine sperm motility in shear-thinning viscoelastic fluids.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.03.035
Abstract: To elucidate the process whereby sperm arrive at an egg in the female reproductive organs, it is essential to investigate how rheological properties of the fluid around mammalian spermatozoa affect their motility. We examined the… read more here.
Keywords: bovine sperm; sperm motility; motility; shear thinning ... See more keywords
Capillary Thinning of Viscoelastic Threads of Unentangled Polymer Solutions
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DOI: 10.3390/polym14204420
Abstract: In this paper, we theoretically consider the process of the capillary thinning of a polymer fluid thread bridging two large immobile droplets in the regime of highly stretched polymer chains. We first derive a new… read more here.
Keywords: thinning viscoelastic; polymer solutions; viscoelastic threads; capillary thinning ... See more keywords