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      Extrinsic and intrinsic effects setting viscosity in complex fluids and life processes: the role of fundamental physical constants

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          Understanding the values and origin of fundamental physical constants, one of the grandest challenges in modern science, has been discussed in particle physics, astronomy and cosmology. More recently, it was realized that fundamental constants have a biofriendly window set by life processes involving motion and flow. This window is related to intrinsic fluid properties such as energy and length scales in condensed matter set by fundamental constants. Here, we discuss important extrinsic factors governing the viscosity of complex fluids operating in life processes due to collective effects. We show that both extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting viscosity need to be taken into account when estimating the biofriendly range of fundamental constants from life processes, and our discussion provides a straightforward recipe for doing this. Remarkably, the viscosity of a complex fluid such as blood with significant extrinsic effects is not far from the intrinsic viscosity calculated using the fundamental constants only, and we discuss the reason for this in terms of dynamics of contact points between cells.

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                k.trachenko@qmul.ac.uk
                Journal
                Eur Phys J E Soft Matter
                Eur Phys J E Soft Matter
                The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter
                Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                1292-8941
                1292-895X
                3 January 2025
                3 January 2025
                2025
                : 48
                : 1
                : 2
                Affiliations
                [1 ]School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, ( https://ror.org/026zzn846) Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS UK
                [2 ]CERN EU Office, ( https://ror.org/01ggx4157) Geneva, Switzerland
                [3 ]Biochemistry and Biophysics (Emeritus), University of Pennsylvania, ( https://ror.org/00b30xv10) Philadelphia, USA
                [4 ]Center for Life Nano Science@La Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, ( https://ror.org/042t93s57) Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Rome, Italy
                [5 ]Department of Physics, Harvard University, ( https://ror.org/03vek6s52) 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-7101
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                10.1140/epje/s10189-024-00467-y
                11698811
                39751993
                51ed0622-8e6e-4f58-8530-42509e9b8190
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                : 2 October 2024
                : 4 December 2024
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