Two-Point Microrheology of Inhomogeneous Soft Materials | Zendy

John C. Crocker | Zendy; Megan T. Valentine | Zendy; Eric R. Weeks | Zendy; Thomas Gisler | Zendy; Peter D. Kaplan | Zendy; Arjun G. Yodh | Zendy; David A. Weitz | Zendy

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Two-Point Microrheology of Inhomogeneous Soft Materials

Author(s) -

John C. Crocker,

Megan T. Valentine,

Eric R. Weeks,

Thomas Gisler,

Peter D. Kaplan,

Arjun G. Yodh,

David A. Weitz

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.85.888

Subject(s) - microrheology , viscoelasticity , mesoscopic physics , rheology , materials science , coupling (piping) , soft materials , polymer , statistical physics , physics , classical mechanics , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , composite material

We demonstrate a novel method for measuring the microrheology of soft viscoelastic media, based on cross correlating the thermal motion of pairs of embedded tracer particles. The method does not depend on the exact nature of the coupling between the tracers and the medium, and yields accurate rheological data for highly inhomogeneous materials. We demonstrate the accuracy of this method with a guar solution, for which other microscopic methods fail due to the polymer's mesoscopic inhomogeneity. Measurements in an F-actin solution suggest conventional microrheology measurements may not reflect the true bulk behavior.

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