Revealing Hidden Dynamics within Living Soft Matter

TY - JOUR

T1 - Revealing Hidden Dynamics within Living Soft Matter

AU - Ott, Dino

AU - Bendix, Pól Martin

AU - Oddershede, Lene Broeng

PY - 2013/10/22

Y1 - 2013/10/22

N2 - In the study of living soft matter, we often seek to understand the mechanisms underlying the motion of a single molecule, an organelle, or some other tracer. The experimentally observed signature of the tracer is masked by its thermal fluctuations, inherent drift of the system, and instrument noise. In addition, the timing or length scales of the events of interest are often unknown. In the current issue of ACS Nano, Chen et al. present a general method for extracting the underlying dynamics from time series. Here, we provide an easily accessible introduction to the method, put it into perspective with the field, and exemplify how it can be used to answer important out-standing questions within soft matter and living systems.

AB - In the study of living soft matter, we often seek to understand the mechanisms underlying the motion of a single molecule, an organelle, or some other tracer. The experimentally observed signature of the tracer is masked by its thermal fluctuations, inherent drift of the system, and instrument noise. In addition, the timing or length scales of the events of interest are often unknown. In the current issue of ACS Nano, Chen et al. present a general method for extracting the underlying dynamics from time series. Here, we provide an easily accessible introduction to the method, put it into perspective with the field, and exemplify how it can be used to answer important out-standing questions within soft matter and living systems.

U2 - 10.1021/nn4051002

DO - 10.1021/nn4051002

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1936-0851

VL - 7

SP - 8333

EP - 8339

JO - A C S Nano

JF - A C S Nano

IS - 10

ER -