title: Microrheology from rotational diffusion of colloidal particles.
abstract: The microrheology of viscoelastic fluids is obtained from rotational diffusion of optically anisotropic spherical colloidal probes, measured by depolarized dynamic light scattering. The storage and loss moduli obtained from the rotational mean squared displacement is in excellent agreement with those obtained from translational diffusion and by mechanical measurements. We also show that this method is applicable to samples with strong light scattering components. This extends the capabilities of the microrheological methods based on the diffusional motion of colloidal probes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Alvaro Obregón 64, 78000 San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico.
authors.forename: Efrén
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andablo-Reyes
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Díaz-Leyva
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arauz-Lara