Biomolecular condensates, formed through phase separation, are upending our
understanding in much of molecular, cell, and developmental biology. There is an urgent …

Growing interest in exploring mechanically mediated biological phenomena has resulted in
cell culture substrates and 3D matrices with variable stiffnesses becoming standard tools in …

Living systems operate far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Enzymatic activity can induce
broken detailed balance at the molecular scale. This molecular scale breaking of detailed …

This book presents a comprehensive overview of microrheology, emphasizing the
underlying theory, practical aspects of its implementation, and current applications to …

Phase-separated biomolecular condensates must respond agilely to biochemical and
environmental cues in performing their wide-ranging cellular functions, but our …

Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

A general introduction to surface and interfacial forces, perfectly combining theoretical
concepts, experimental techniques and practical applications. In this completely updated …

Cantilevers and optical tweezers are widely used for micromanipulating cells or
biomolecules for measuring their mechanical properties. However, they do not allow easy …

We present a new method for measuring the linear viscoelastic shear moduli of complex
fluids. Using photodiode detection of laser light scattered from a thermally excited colloidal …

We measured the viscoelastic properties of the cytoplasm of J774 macrophages with a
recently developed microrheometer. Ferromagnetic beads (1.3μm in diameter) were used to …