Method for studying the behaviour of a cell sample

Abstract

A method for studying the behaviour of a cell sample contained in a medium containing a plurality of anisotropically shaped nanoparticles dispersed therein, the method including: (i) determining at least one nanoparticle orientation characteristic in a measurement zone at the interface between the fluid medium and the cell sample, the orientation resulting at least partially from the interaction of the fluid medium and the biological material; (ii) determining a mean shear rate characteristic of the fluid medium in the measurement zone from said at least one nanoparticle orientation characteristic determined in this measurement zone; and (iii) determining a characteristic of the cell sample from the mean shear rate thus determined in the measurement zone.

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