Microrheology

Author : Eric M. Furst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199655200
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microrheology written by Eric M. Furst and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of microrheology, emphasizing the underlying theory, practical aspects of its implementation, and current applications to rheological studies in academic and industrial laboratories. The field of microrheology continues to evolve rapidly, and applications are expanding at an accelerating pace. Readers will learn about the key methods and techniques, including important considerations to be made with respect to the materials most amenable to microrheological characterization and pitfalls to avoid in measurements and analysis. Microrheological measurements can be as straightforward as video microscopy recordings of colloidal particle Brownian motion; these simple experiments can yield rich rheological information. This text will cover topics ranging from active microrheology using laser or magnetic tweezers to passive microrheology, such as multiple particle tracking and tracer particle microrheology with diffusing wave spectroscopy. Overall, this text aims to provide an introduction to microrheology for the industrial researcher, academic investigator, or student who wishes either to become informed in this relatively new area of theology, seeks to incorporate these methods into their own research, or simply survey and understand the growing body of micorheology literature. The text consolidates many sources of archival literature into an accessible volume for the rheologist and non-specialist, alike. The material should be suitable for the biologist, chemist, or materials scientist with an interest in microrheology as a characterization method. Indeed, the small sample sizes of many microrheology experiments have made it an important method for studying emerging and scarce materials, like cytoskeletal proteins, pharmaceutical biologics, and novel hydrogelators. Book jacket.

Author : Manlio Tassieri
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315341220
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microrheology with Optical Tweezers written by Manlio Tassieri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to the pioneering works of Ashkin and coworkers, optical tweezers (OTs) have become an invaluable tool for myriad studies throughout the natural sciences. Their success relies on the fact that they can be considered as exceptionally sensitive transducers that are able to resolve pN forces and nm displacements, with high temporal resolution, down to μs. Hence their application to study a wide range of biological phenomena such as measuring the compliance of bacterial tails, the forces exerted by a single motor protein, and the mechanical properties of human red blood cells and of individual biological molecules. The number of articles related to them totals to a whopping 58,000 (source Google Scholar)! Microrheology is a branch of rheology, but it works at micrometer length scales and with microliter sample volumes. Therefore, microrheology techniques have been revealed to be very useful tools for all those rheological/mechanical studies where rare or precious materials are employed, such as in biological and biomedical studies. The aim of this book is to provide a pedagogical introduction to the physics principles governing both the optical tweezers and their application in the field of microrheology of complex materials. This is achieved by following a linear path that starts from a narrative introduction of the "nature of light," followed by a rigorous description of the fundamental equations governing the propagation of light through matter. Moreover, some of the many possible instrumental configurations are presented, especially those that better adapt to perform microrheology measurements. In order to better appreciate the microrheological methods with optical tweezers explored in this book, informative introductions to the basic concepts of linear rheology, statistical mechanics, and the most popular microrheology techniques are also given. Furthermore, an enlightening prologue to the general applications of optical tweezers different from rheological purposes is provided at the end of the book.

Author : Harry Leonard Goldsmith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6U/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Microrheology of Dispersions written by Harry Leonard Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth S. Breuer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540230991
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microscale Diagnostic Techniques written by Kenneth S. Breuer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microrheology.- Micron-Resolution Particle Image Velocimetry.- Electrokinetic Flow Diagnostics.- Micro- and Nano-Scale Diagnostic Technique for Thermomentry.- Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes.- Applications of the Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Microdevice Development.

Author : Kenny Breuer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540264493
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microscale Diagnostic Techniques written by Kenny Breuer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microscale Diagnostic Techniques highlights the most innovative and powerful developments in microscale diagnostics. It provides a resource for scientists and researchers interested in learning about the techniques themselves, including their capabilities and limitations. The fields of Micro- and Nanotechnology have emerged over the past decade as a major focus of modern scientific and engineering research and technology. Driven by advances in microfabrication, the investigation, manipulation and engineering of systems characterized by micrometer and, more recently, nanometer scales have become commonplace throughout all technical disciplines. With these developments, an entirely new collection of experimental techniques has been developed to explore and characterize such systems.

Author : Jan Mewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521515998
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colloidal Suspension Rheology written by Jan Mewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in an accessible and introductory manner, this is the first book devoted to the comprehensive study of colloidal suspensions.

Author : Debora Berti
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128220902
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colloidal Foundations of Nanoscience written by Debora Berti and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-10-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colloidal Foundations of Nanoscience, Second Edition explores the theory and concepts of colloid chemistry and its applications to nanoscience and nanotechnology. The book provides the essential conceptual and methodological tools to approach nano-research issues. The authors’ expertise in colloid science will contribute to the understanding of basic issues involved in research. Each chapter covers a classical subject of colloid science in simple and straightforward terms, addressing its relevance to nanoscience before introducing case studies. Sections cover colloids rheology, electrokinetics, nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), bio-layer interferometry, and the treatment of inter-particle interactions and colloidal stability. Gathers, in a single volume, information currently scattered across various sources Provides a straightforward introduction on theoretical concepts and in-depth case studies to help readers understand molecular mechanisms and master advanced techniques Includes examples showing the applications of classical concepts to real-world cutting-edge research Edited and written by highly respected quality scientists

Author : Emil Brujan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642153437
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cavitation in Non-Newtonian Fluids written by Emil Brujan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-Newtonian properties on bubble dynamics and cavitation are fundamentally different from those of Newtonian fluids. The most significant effect arises from the dramatic increase in viscosity of polymer solutions in an extensional flow, such as that generated about a spherical bubble during its growth or collapse phase. In addition, many biological fluids, such as blood, synovial fluid, and saliva, have non-Newtonian properties and can display significant viscoelastic behaviour. This monograph elucidates general aspects of bubble dynamics and cavitation in non-Newtonian fluids and applies them to the fields of biomedicine and bioengineering. In addition it presents many examples from the process industries. The field is strongly interdisciplinary and the numerous disciplines involve have and will continue to overlook and reinvent each others’ work. This book helps researchers to think intuitively about the diverse physics of these systems, to attempt to bridge the various communities involved, and to convey the interest, elegance, and variety of physical phenomena that manifest themselves on the micrometer and microsecond scales.

Author : Saverio E. Spagnolie
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493920650
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complex Fluids in Biological Systems written by Saverio E. Spagnolie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as an introduction to the continuum mechanics and mathematical modeling of complex fluids in living systems. The form and function of living systems are intimately tied to the nature of surrounding fluid environments, which commonly exhibit nonlinear and history dependent responses to forces and displacements. With ever-increasing capabilities in the visualization and manipulation of biological systems, research on the fundamental phenomena, models, measurements, and analysis of complex fluids has taken a number of exciting directions. In this book, many of the world’s foremost experts explore key topics such as: Macro- and micro-rheological techniques for measuring the material properties of complex biofluids and the subtleties of data interpretation Experimental observations and rheology of complex biological materials, including mucus, cell membranes, the cytoskeleton, and blood The motility of microorganisms in complex fluids and the dynamics of active suspensions Challenges and solutions in the numerical simulation of biologically relevant complex fluid flows This volume will be accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in engineering, mathematics, biology, and the physical sciences, but will appeal to anyone interested in the intricate and beautiful nature of complex fluids in the context of living systems.

Author : Juan M. Ruso
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118523172
Total Pages : 823 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proteins in Solution and at Interfaces written by Juan M. Ruso and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores new applications emerging from our latest understanding of proteins in solution and at interfaces Proteins in solution and at interfaces increasingly serve as the starting point for exciting new applications, from biomimetic materials to nanoparticle patterning. This book surveys the state of the science in the field, offering investigators a current understanding of the characteristics of proteins in solution and at interfaces as well as the techniques used to study these characteristics. Moreover, the authors explore many of the new and emerging applications that have resulted from the most recent studies. Topics include protein and protein aggregate structure; computational and experimental techniques to study protein structure, aggregation, and adsorption; proteins in non-standard conditions; and applications in biotechnology. Proteins in Solution and at Interfaces is divided into two parts: Part One introduces concepts as well as theoretical and experimental techniques that are used to study protein systems, including X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance, small angle scattering, and spectroscopic methods Part Two examines current and emerging applications, including nanomaterials, natural fibrous proteins, and biomolecular thermodynamics The book's twenty-three chapters have been contributed by leading experts in the field. These contributions are based on a thorough review of the latest peer-reviewed findings as well as the authors' own research experience. Chapters begin with a discussion of core concepts and then gradually build in complexity, concluding with a forecast of future developments. Readers will not only gain a current understanding of proteins in solution and at interfaces, but also will discover how theoretical and technical developments in the field can be translated into new applications in material design, genetic engineering, personalized medicine, drug delivery, biosensors, and biotechnology.