DOI: 10.1140/epje/e2003-00013-2
Measuring a colloidal particle's interaction with a flat surface under nonequilibrium conditions
Total internal reflection microscopy with absolute position information
S.H. Behrens, J. Plewa and D.G. GrierDept. of Physics, James Franck Institute, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
(Received 10 October 2002 Published online: 16 April 2003)
Abstract
A new and general approach is proposed to analyze the
dynamics of a colloidal particle interacting with a nearby wall.
This analysis can be used to determine the acting forces
even when the system is non-stationary.
As an illustration, we use total internal reflection microscopy
to investigate the forces acting on a polystyrene sulfate latex
particle as it is receding from a charged glass surface.
82.70.Dd - Colloids.
05.40.-a - Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2003
