Active multi-point microrheology of cytoskeletal networks
Biological Physics
2014-07-04 v1 Optics
Abstract
Active microrheology is a valuable tool to determine viscoelastic properties of polymer networks. Observing the beads response to the excitation of a reference leads to dynamic and morphological information of the material. In this work we present an expansion of the well-known active two-point microrheology. By measuring the response of multiple particles in the viscoelastic medium in response to the excitation of a reference particle we are able to determine the force propagation in the polymer network.
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@article{arxiv.1407.0812,
title = {Active multi-point microrheology of cytoskeletal networks},
author = {Tobias Paust and Katinka Mertens and Ines Martin and Michael Beil and Othmar Marti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0812},
year = {2014}
}
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11 pages, 4 figures