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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 81, Issue 3, Pages 1786-1792Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75829-8
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A laser-trap microrheometry technique was used to determine the local shear moduli of Type I collagen gels. Embedded 2.1 mum polystyrene latex particles were displaced 10-100 nm using a near-infrared laser trap with a trap constant of 0.0001 N/m. The trap was oscillated transversely +/- 200 nm using a refractive glass plate mounted on a galvanometric scanner. The displacement of the microspheres was in phase with the movement of the laser trap at frequencies less than 1 rad/s, indicating that at least locally, the gels behaved as elastic media. The local shear modulus was measured at various positions throughout the gel, and, for gels at 2.3 mg/mL and 37 degreesC, values ranged from G = 3 to 80 Pa. The average shear modulus G = 55 Pa, which compares well with measurements from parallel plate rheometry.
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