Damped White Noise Diffusion with Memory for Diffusing Microprobes in Ageing Fibrin Gels

Abstract

ABSTRACTFrom observations of colloidal tracer particles in fibrin undergoing gelation, we introduce an analytical framework that allows determination of the probability density function (PDF) for a stochastic process beyond fractional Brownian motion. Using passive microrheology via videomicroscopy, mean square displacements (MSD) of tracer particles suspended in fibrin at different ageing times are obtained. The anomalous diffusion is then described by a damped white noise process with memory, with analytical results closely matching experimental plots of MSD and PDF. We further show that the white noise functional stochastic approach applied to passive microrheology reveals the existence of a gelation parameterμwhich elucidates the dynamics of constrained tracer particles embedded in a time dependent soft material. This study offers experimental insights on the ageing of fibrin gels while presenting a white noise functional stochastic approach that could be applied to other systems exhibiting non-Markovian diffusive behavior.