Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-03-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2244550
We adapt Fluorescence Correlation spectroscopy (FCS) formalism to the studies of the dynamics of semi-flexible polymers and derive expressions relating FCS correlation function to the longitudinal and transverse mean square displacements of polymer segments. We use the derived expressions to measure the dynamics of actin filaments in two experimental situations: filaments labeled at distinct positions and homogeneously labeled filaments. Both approaches give consistent results and allow to measure the temporal dependence of the segmental mean-square displacement (MSD) over almost five decades in time, from ~0.04ms to 2s. These noninvasive measurements allow for a detailed quantitative comparison of the experimental data to the current theories of semi-flexible polymer dynamics. Good quantitative agreement is found between the experimental results and theories explicitly accounting for the hydrodynamic interactions between polymer segments.
Bernheim-Groswasser Anne
Krichevsky Oleg
Shusterman Roman
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