Comparative analysis of viscosity of complex liquids and cytoplasm of mammalian cells at the nanoscale.

T, Kalwarczyk; N, Ziebacz; A, Bielejewska; E, Zaboklicka; K, Koynov; J, Szymański; A, Wilk; A, Patkowski; J, Gapiński; HJ, Butt; R, Hołyst

doi:10.1021/nl2008218

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Comparative analysis of viscosity of complex liquids and cytoplasm of mammalian cells at the nanoscale.

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Kalwarczyk T

Ziebacz N

Bielejewska A

Abstract

We present a scaling formula for size-dependent viscosity coefficients for proteins, polymers, and fluorescent dyes diffusing in complex liquids. The formula was used to analyze the mobilities of probes of different sizes in HeLa and Swiss 3T3 mammalian cells. This analysis unveils in the cytoplasm ...

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