Rotation in Suspension of a Rod-Shaped Colloid

@article{citeulike:1300574, abstract = {Abstract: The simple strategy of coating a closely packed colloid monolayer with a nanometer-thick metal film to connect colloidal spheres and then gently sonicating produces a series of colloid metastructures, including rods and planar sheets. These structures can be fluorescently labeled, which can serve as a probe to monitor their dynamics in complex environments. The metal coating modulates fluorescence emission as these structures rotate in suspension. By analyzing the time sequence of fluorescence images using single-particle tracking techniques, here we measure the rotational dynamics of a rodlike tetramer, quantifying rotation along the long axis.}, address = {Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801}, author = {Hong, L. and Anthony, S. M. and Granick, S. }, citeulike-article-id = {1300574}, comment = {found it on scholar.google another way to make rods and observe their rotational motion.}, doi = {10.1021/la061169e}, journal = {Langmuir}, keywords = {colloidal, fluorescence, microscopy, monodisperse, moon, rotation, self-assembly}, month = {August}, number = {17}, pages = {7128--7131}, posted-at = {2007-05-16 18:26:40}, priority = {3}, title = {Rotation in Suspension of a Rod-Shaped Colloid}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la061169e}, volume = {22}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1300574 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1300574 TI - Rotation in Suspension of a Rod-Shaped Colloid JF - Langmuir VL - 22 IS - 17 SP - 7128 EP - 7131 AD - Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 N2 - Abstract: The simple strategy of coating a closely packed colloid monolayer with a nanometer-thick metal film to connect colloidal spheres and then gently sonicating produces a series of colloid metastructures, including rods and planar sheets. These structures can be fluorescently labeled, which can serve as a probe to monitor their dynamics in complex environments. The metal coating modulates fluorescence emission as these structures rotate in suspension. By analyzing the time sequence of fluorescence images using single-particle tracking techniques, here we measure the rotational dynamics of a rodlike tetramer, quantifying rotation along the long axis. KW - colloidal KW - fluorescence KW - microscopy KW - monodisperse KW - moon KW - rotation KW - self-assembly N1 - found it on scholar.google another way to make rods and observe their rotational motion. AU - Hong, L AU - Anthony, SM AU - Granick, S PY - 2006/08/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la061169e ER -