Krogh length

The Krogh Length, $\lambda _{K}$ , is the distance to which nutrients diffuse between capillaries, based on cellular consumption of the nutrients.^[1]^[2]

It can be described as:

$\lambda _{K}={\sqrt {D_{s}c_{o}/R}}$

where $D_{s}$ is the diffusion constant of the solute in the substrate, $c_{o}$ is the concentration in the channel, and $R$ is the consumption by the cells. Units are in terms of length.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Fournier, R. L. Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering 1st edn (Taylor & Francis, London, 1999).
^ Choi, Nak Won; Cabodi, Mario; Held, Brittany; Gleghorn, Jason P.; Bonassar, Lawrence J.; Stroock, Abraham D. (November 2007). "Microfluidic scaffolds for tissue engineering". Nature Materials. 6 (11): 908–915. Bibcode:2007NatMa...6..908C. doi:10.1038/nmat2022. ISSN 1476-4660. PMID 17906630.

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[1] Fournier, R. L. Basic Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering 1st edn (Taylor & Francis, London, 1999).

[2] Choi, Nak Won; Cabodi, Mario; Held, Brittany; Gleghorn, Jason P.; Bonassar, Lawrence J.; Stroock, Abraham D. (November 2007). "Microfluidic scaffolds for tissue engineering". Nature Materials. 6 (11): 908–915. Bibcode:2007NatMa...6..908C. doi:10.1038/nmat2022. ISSN 1476-4660. PMID 17906630.

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