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View SchemaOptical microrheology using rotating laser-trapped particles
| Authors | Alexis I. Bishop, Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0402021 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402021 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.198104 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters 92(19), 198104 (2004) |
Abstract
We demonstrate an optical system that can apply and accurately measure the torque exerted by the trapping beam on a rotating birefringent probe particle. This allows the viscosity and surface effects within liquid media to be measured quantitatively on a micron-size scale using a trapped rotating spherical probe particle. We use the system to measure the viscosity inside a prototype cellular structure.
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