Refractive Index Mismatch Can Misindicate Anomalous Diffusion in Single-Focus Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

2014 ◽  
Vol 216 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swen Lehmann ◽  
Sebastian Seiffert ◽  
Walter Richtering
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Anomalous Diffusion ◽  
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Correlation ◽  
Single Focus

scholarly journals Characterizing anomalous diffusion in crowded polymer solutions and gels over five decades in time with variable-lengthscale fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Soft Matter ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 4190-4203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Banks ◽  
Charmaine Tressler ◽  
Robert D. Peters ◽  
Felix Höfling ◽  
Cécile Fradin
Keyword(s):  
Anomalous Diffusion ◽  
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Polymer Solutions ◽  
Tracer Diffusion ◽  
Correlation Spectroscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Correlation ◽  
Wide Range

FCS with a wide range of beam waists was used to measure tracer diffusion in crowded media over five decades in time, thus providing a strong test for different models of anomalous diffusion.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document