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    Measuring storage and loss moduli using optical tweezers: Broadband microrheology

    Manlio Tassieri1,*, Graham M. Gibson2, R. M. L. Evans3, Alison M. Yao2, Rebecca Warren1, Miles J. Padgett2, and Jonathan M. Cooper1

    • 1Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, United Kingdom
    • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
    • 3School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
    • *m.tassieri@elec.gla.ac.uk

    Phys. Rev. E 81, 026308 – Published 18 February, 2010

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.026308

    Abstract

    We present an experimental procedure to perform broadband microrheological measurements with optical tweezers. A generalized Langevin equation is adopted to relate the time-dependent trajectory of a particle in an imposed flow to the frequency-dependent moduli of the complex fluid. This procedure allows us to measure the material linear viscoelastic properties across the widest frequency range achievable with optical tweezers.

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