Solid tumours are often first diagnosed by palpation, suggesting that the tumour is more rigid
than its surrounding environment. Paradoxically, individual cancer cells appear to be softer …

A ubiquitous observation in cell biology is that the diffusive motion of macromolecules and
organelles is anomalous, and a description simply based on the conventional diffusion …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

The pace of innovations in the field of optical trapping has ramped up in the past couple of
years. The implementation of structured light, leading to groundbreaking inventions such as …

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

Hydrogels are materials used in a variety of applications, ranging from tissue engineering to
drug delivery. The incorporation of nanoparticles to yield composite hydrogels has gained …

Biomolecular condensates are viscoelastic materials. Here we investigate the determinants
of the sequence-encoded and age-dependent viscoelasticity of condensates formed by the …

The desired mechanical and biological performances of collagen that have led to its broad
application as a building block in the biomedical field attributed to its intrinsic hierarchical …

The phenomenon of light's momentum was first observed in the laboratory at the beginning
of the twentieth century, and its potential for manipulating microscopic particles was …

New developments in the microrheology of complex fluids are considered. Firstly the
requirements for a simple modern particle tracking microrheology experiment are …