El grup de recerca es centra en la dinàmica d’interfícies en nanotecnologia, fluidica i biofísica, incloent la mesura de la viscositat Newtonian i no Newtonian, particularment està interessat en la reologia de la sang, l’estabilitat i la dinàmica de membranes biològiques, vesícules, líquids i angiogènesi tant a nivell de modelització matemàtica com experimentalment.
Aurora Hernández Machado (Catedràtica) a.hernandezmachado(at)ub.edu
Lourdes Mendez Mora (Investigadora Postdoctoral)
Josep Ferré Torres (Investigador Predoctoral Industrial)
Andreu Benavent Claro (Investigador Predoctoral)
Benavent-Claró A.; Granados Leyva S.; Pagonabarraga I.; Ledesma-Aguilar R.; Hernández-Machado A. Enhanced Imbibition in Liquid-Infused Coated Microchannels. 2024, Langmuir , 40, 50. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c03514.
Leyva S.G.; Pagonabarraga I.; Hernández-Machado A.; Ledesma-Aguilar R. Capillary imbibition in lubricant-coated channels. 2024 , Physical Review Fluids, 9, 7, L072002. 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.L072002.
Modelling of chemotactic sprouting endothelial cells through an extracellular matrix. Ferre-Torres J.; Noguera-Monteagudo A.; Lopez-Canosa A.; Romero-Arias J.R.; Barrio R.; Castaño O.; Hernandez-Machado A. 2023, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, 1145550. Doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1145550
Altered blood rheology in multiwidth microchannels: Hematocrit and tonicity variation. Riera-Llobet C.; Méndez-Mora L.; Cabello-Fusarés M.; Hernández-Machado A. 2023, Physics of Fluids, 35, 8, 082017. Doi: 10.1063/5.0154713
Vesicle formation induced by thermal fluctuations. Gallen A.F.; Romero-Arias J.R.; Barrio R.A.; Hernandez-Machado A. 2023, Soft Matter, 19, 16. Doi: 10.1039/d2sm01167k
Normalization of Blood Viscosity According to the Hematocrit and the Shear Rate. Trejo-Soto C., Hernández-Machado A. Micromachines, 13, 3, 357, 2022
Microfluidics Approach to the Mechanical Properties of Red Blood Cell Membrane and Their Effect on Blood Rheology. Trejo-Soto C., Lázaro G.R., Pagonabarraga I., Hernández-Machado A. Membranes, 12 , 2, 217, 2022
Dynamical shapes of droplets of cyclodextrin-surfactant solutions. Romero-Arias J.R., Luviano A.S., Costas M., Hernandez-Machado A., Barrio R.A. Scientific Reports , 12, 1, 5252, 2022
Membrane rigidity regulates E. coli proliferation rates. Salinas-Almaguer S., Mell M., Almendro-Vedia V.G., Calero M., Robledo-Sánchez K.C.M., Ruiz-Suarez C., Alarcón T., Barrio R.A., Hernández-Machado A., Monroy F. Scientific Reports, 12, 1, 933, 2022
Pitting of malaria parasites in microfluidic devices mimicking spleen interendothelial slits. Elizalde-Torrent A., Trejo-Soto C., Méndez-Mora L., Nicolau M., Ezama O., Gualdrón-López M., Fernández-Becerra C., Alarcón T., Hernández-Machado A., del Portillo H.A. Scientific Reports. 2021, 11, 1, 22099.
On Gaussian curvature and membrane fission. Rueda-Contreras M.D., Gallen A.F., Romero-Arias J.R., Hernandez-Machado A., Barrio R.A. Scientific Reports. 2021, 11, 1, 9562.
Red blood cells in low Reynolds number flow: A vorticity-based characterization of shapes in two dimensions. Gallen A.F., Castro M., Hernandez-Machado A. Soft Matter. 2021, 17, 42.
The dynamics of shapes of vesicle membranes with time dependent spontaneous curvature. Barrio R.A., Alarcon T., Hernandez-Machado A. PLoS ONE, 2020, 15(1), e0227562
Controlling shapes in a coaxial flow focusing microfluidic device: Experiments and theory. Rodriguez-Trujillo R., Kim-Im Y-H., Hernandez-Machado A. Micromachines, 2020, 11(1), 85.
An integrated detection method for flow viscosity measurements in
microdevices. Rodriguez-Villarreal A.I., Ortega-Tana L. Cid, J., Hernandez-Machado A., Alarcon T., Miribel-Catala P.L., Colomer-Farrarons, J. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 01266, 2020
Biomecánica a la microescala y microfluídica: experimentos y teoría. PID2022-137994NB-I00. IP: Aurora Hernandez Machado. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. (2023-2026)
Microfluidica y Biomembranas: Experimentos y teoría. PID2019-106063GB-I00. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. IP: Aurora Hernandez Machado. 2020-2023
Biomechanics of biofluids and biomembranes at the microscale: Experiments and
theory. Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO), Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica de Excelencia. FIS2016-78883-C2-1-P, 2017-20. IP: A. Hernandez-Machado. 2017-2020
Towards novel nano-scale technologies based on phoretic flow effects
(NANOPHLOW) HORIZON 2020 FET-Open research and innovation actions (H2020- FETOPEN-1-2016-2017). European Union. Participant: Aurora Hernandez-Machado. 2014-2020