| 1 | Flow-induced capsule deformation | 1 |
| Membrane mechanics | 2 |
| Membrane constitutive laws | 4 |
| Experimental determination of membrane properties | 11 |
| Capsule deformation in an ambient flow | 17 |
| Numerical simulation of large deformations | 26 |
| Summary | 30 |
| 2 | Shell theory for capsules and cells | 35 |
| Stress resultants and bending moments | 38 |
| Interface force and torque balances | 46 |
| Surface deformation and elastic tensions | 51 |
| Surface deformation and bending moments | 58 |
| Axisymmetric shapes | 62 |
| Planar axisymmetric membranes | 77 |
| Two-dimensional membranes | 79 |
| Incompressible interfaces | 86 |
| Membrane viscoelasticity | 88 |
| Discrete models and variational formulations | 89 |
| Numerical simulations of flow-induced deformation | 94 |
| 3 | Multi-scale modeling spanning from cell surface receptors to blood flow in arteries | 103 |
| Cell adhesion | 106 |
| Arterial blood flow | 122 |
| Immersed boundary method | 127 |
| Leukocyte deformation and recovery | 130 |
| Rolling of adhering cells | 134 |
| 4 | Mechanics of red blood cells and blood flow in narrow tubes | 163 |
| Mechanical properties of red blood cells | 165 |
| Single-file motion of red blood cells in capillaries | 170 |
| Multi-file motion of red blood cells in microvessels | 179 |
| Motion of red blood cells in shear flow | 184 |
| Conclusions | 190 |
| 5 | Capsule dynamics and interfacial transport | 197 |
| Model of fluid-particle motion with interfacial mass transport | 199 |
| Boundary-integral formulation | 205 |
| Particle motion induced by interfacial mass transport | 208 |
| Locomotion induced by the internal secretion of a surfactant | 228 |
| Drop migration in an ambient concentration gradient | 230 |
| Combined effect of gravity and thermo-capillarity | 249 |
| Concluding remarks | 255 |
| 6 | Capsule motion and deformation in tube and channel flow | 263 |
| Capsule motion in tube flow | 264 |
| Numerical methods | 276 |
| Capsules with surfactant-induced elasticity in tube flow | 281 |
| Capsules with temperature-induced elasticity in tube flow | 298 |
| Capsules enclosed by elastic membranes in tube flow | 303 |
| Capsule motion in channels | 307 |
| Capsules with surfactant-induced elasticity in channel flow | 312 |
| Capsules with temperature-induced elasticity in channel flow | 318 |
| Capsules enclosed by elastic membranes in channel flow | 321 |
| Summary and outlook | 322 |
| Index | 329 |