Characterization of anomalous movements of spherical living cells on a silicon dioxide glassy substrate
- Authors
- Son, Myeonggu; Lee, Gyudo; Son, Jongsang; Choi, Seungyeop; Kim, Youngho; Lee, Sei-Young; Yoon, Young-Ro; Yoon, Dae Sung; Lee, Sang Woo
- Issue Date
- 1월-2015
- Publisher
- AMER INST PHYSICS
- Citation
- BIOMICROFLUIDICS, v.9, no.1
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIOMICROFLUIDICS
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/94742
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4905577
- ISSN
- 1932-1058
- Abstract
- The random walk of spherical living cells on a silicon dioxide glassy substrate was studied experimentally and numerically. This random walk trajectory exhibited erratic dancing, which seemingly obeyed anomalous diffusion (i.e., Levy-like walk) rather than normal diffusion. Moreover, the angular distribution (-pi to pi) of the cells' trajectory followed a "U-shaped pattern" in comparison to the uniform distribution seen in the movements of negatively charged polystyrene microspheres. These effects could be attributable to the homeostasis-driven structural resilient character of cells and physical interactions derived from temporarily retained nonspecific binding due to weak forces between the cells and substrates. Our results provide new insights into the stochastic behavior of mesoscopic biological particles with respect to structural properties and physical interactions. (C) 2015 Author(s).
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