Chapter 9: Drying of Human Blood Drops

The study of blood drop drying has attracted the attention of several research groups for two main reasons: (1) for biomedical purposes as a rapid and cheaper disease detector, and (2) for forensic applications for the interpretation of bloodstains at crime scenes. It also presents an interdisciplinary and challenging research subject, however, the mechanisms related to the formation of patterns at the end of the drying process are not fully understood. Consequently, this topic still represents an active research area that requires further efforts. In this chapter, we highlight the significant advances in the drying of human whole blood drops and the influence of these parameters.