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Polymer solutions frequently exhibit some degree of clustering of the polymer chains. A more extreme case are hydrogels, where the polymer chains may be strongly-associated, or even crosslinked, into a network or mesh.
 
Polymer solutions frequently exhibit some degree of clustering of the polymer chains. A more extreme case are hydrogels, where the polymer chains may be strongly-associated, or even crosslinked, into a network or mesh.
  
Hammouda ''et al.'' proposed the following functional form to describe [[scattering]] data from such systems:
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Hammouda ''et al.'' proposed the following functional form to describe [[scattering]] [[Scattering intensity|intensity]] from such systems:
 
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:<math>
 
I(q) = \frac{A}{q^n} + \frac{C}{1 + (q \xi)^m} + B
 
I(q) = \frac{A}{q^n} + \frac{C}{1 + (q \xi)^m} + B
 
</math>
 
</math>
where ''B'' is a constant [[background]]. The first term represents the [[Porod scattering]] from clusters, while the second term is a Lorentzian function ascribed tot he scattering of the polymer chains themselves. In the context of a gel, <math>\scriptstyle \xi</math> represents the average mesh size. The parameters ''A'', ''C'', ''n'', and ''m'' may be used as fitting parameters.
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where ''B'' is a constant [[background]]. The first term represents the [[Porod scattering]] from clusters, while the second term is a Lorentzian function ascribed to the scattering of the polymer chains themselves. In the context of a gel, <math>\scriptstyle \xi</math> represents the average mesh size. The parameters ''A'', ''C'', ''n'', and ''m'' may be used as fitting parameters.
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[[Image:Gel scattering example.png|thumb|center|300px]]
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==Kratky plot==
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In a [[Kratky plot]] (<math>\scriptstyle q^2I(q) </math> vs. <math>\scriptstyle q</math>), the equation becomes:
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q^2 I(q) = \frac{A}{q^{n-2}} + \frac{C q^2}{1 + (q \xi)^m} + B q^2
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* Boualem Hammouda, Derek L. Ho, and Steve Kline [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma049623d Insight into Clustering in Poly(ethylene oxide) Solutions] ''Macromolecules'' '''2004''', 37 (18), 6932-6937. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma049623d doi: 10.1021/ma049623d]
 
* Boualem Hammouda, Derek L. Ho, and Steve Kline [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma049623d Insight into Clustering in Poly(ethylene oxide) Solutions] ''Macromolecules'' '''2004''', 37 (18), 6932-6937. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma049623d doi: 10.1021/ma049623d]
 
* S.R. Kline "[http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/sans/pdf/publications/0569.pdf Reduction and Analysis of SANS and USANS Data using Igor Pro]", ''J. Appl. Cryst.'' 2006, 39, 6, 895. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889806035059 doi:10.1107/S0021889806035059]
 
* S.R. Kline "[http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/programs/sans/pdf/publications/0569.pdf Reduction and Analysis of SANS and USANS Data using Igor Pro]", ''J. Appl. Cryst.'' 2006, 39, 6, 895. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889806035059 doi:10.1107/S0021889806035059]
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* Takuro Matsunaga, Takamasa Sakai, Yuki Akagi, Ung-il Chung and Mitsuhiro Shibayama [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma901013q SANS and SLS Studies on Tetra-Arm PEG Gels in As-Prepared and Swollen States] ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', 42 (16), 6245–6252. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma901013q doi: 10.1021/ma901013q]
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* R. A. Hule, R. P. Nagarkar, A. Altunbas, H. R. Ramay, M. C. Branco, J. P. Schneider and D. J. Pochan [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2008/FD/B717616C#!divAbstract Correlations between structure, material properties and bioproperties in self-assembled β-hairpin peptide hydrogels] ''Faraday Discuss.'' '''2008''', 139, 251–264. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B717616C doi: 10.1039/B717616C]
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* R. A. Hule, R. P. Nagarkar, B. Hammouda, J. P. Schneider and D. J. Pochan [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma9003242 Dependence of Self-Assembled Peptide Hydrogel Network Structure on Local Fibril Nanostructure] ''Macromolecules'' '''2009''', 42, 7137–7145. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma9003242 doi: 10.1021/ma9003242]
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* B. Hammouda, F. Horkay and M. L. Becker [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma047960g Clustering and Solvation in Poly(acrylic acid) Polyelectrolyte Solutions] ''Macromolecules'' '''2005''', 38, 2019–2021. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma047960g doi: 10.1021/ma047960g]
 
* Erika M. Saffer, Melissa A. Lackey, David M. Griffin, Suhasini Kishore, Gregory N. Tewb and Surita R. Bhatia [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/SM/c3sm52395k#!divAbstract SANS study of highly resilient poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels]  ''Soft Matter'' '''2014''', 10,1905-1916. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3SM52395K doi: 10.1039/C3SM52395K]
 
* Erika M. Saffer, Melissa A. Lackey, David M. Griffin, Suhasini Kishore, Gregory N. Tewb and Surita R. Bhatia [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/SM/c3sm52395k#!divAbstract SANS study of highly resilient poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels]  ''Soft Matter'' '''2014''', 10,1905-1916. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3SM52395K doi: 10.1039/C3SM52395K]

Latest revision as of 11:25, 4 May 2016

Polymer solutions frequently exhibit some degree of clustering of the polymer chains. A more extreme case are hydrogels, where the polymer chains may be strongly-associated, or even crosslinked, into a network or mesh.

Hammouda et al. proposed the following functional form to describe scattering intensity from such systems:

where B is a constant background. The first term represents the Porod scattering from clusters, while the second term is a Lorentzian function ascribed to the scattering of the polymer chains themselves. In the context of a gel, represents the average mesh size. The parameters A, C, n, and m may be used as fitting parameters.

Gel scattering example.png

Kratky plot

In a Kratky plot ( vs. ), the equation becomes:


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