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A low angle quasi-elastic light scattering investigation ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii

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This paper outlines the results of the first homodyning low angle scattering experiment known to have been reported for motile particles. Low angle scattering QELS studies were carried out on a wild strain ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii at scattering angles of 3.3°, 2.6° and 1.7°. The resultant experimental autocorrelation functions and scaling curves were compared with a theoretical model that had been successful previously at scattering angles greater than 15°.

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  1. Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, Department of Physics, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    T. J. Racey & F. R. Hallett

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Racey, T.J., Hallett, F.R. A low angle quasi-elastic light scattering investigation ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii . J Muscle Res Cell Motil 4, 321–331 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00711999

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