The response function of a sphere in a viscoelastic two-fluid medium

Details The response function of a sphere in a viscoelastic two-fluid medium The response function of a sphere in a viscoelastic two-fluid medium

2000-10-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0010027v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

12 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.63.041510

In order to address basic questions of importance to microrheology, we study the dynamics of a rigid sphere embedded in a model viscoelastic medium consisting of an elastic network permeated by a viscous fluid. We calculate the complete response of a single bead in this medium to an external force and compare the result to the commonly-accepted, generalized Stokes-Einstein relation (GSER). We find that our response function is well approximated by the GSER only within a particular frequency range determined by the material parameters of both the bead and the network. We then discuss the relevance of this result to recent experiments. Finally we discuss the approximations made in our solution of the response function by comparing our results to the exact solution for the response function of a bead in a viscous (Newtonian) fluid.

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