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Excluded-volume effect on quasi-elastic light scattering by flexible macromolecules.

G Tanaka1, W H Stockmayer

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|October 1, 1982
PubMed
Summary

We developed new expressions for analyzing light scattered by flexible molecules in solution. Excluded-volume effects minimally impact the initial departure of the dynamic structure factor from simple proportionality.

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Area of Science:

  • Polymer physics
  • Scattering techniques
  • Solution dynamics

Background:

  • Dynamic structure factor (S(q,t)) describes molecular motion.
  • Photon-correlation spectroscopy (PCS) measures S(q,t) via light scattering.
  • Flexible chain molecules exhibit complex solution dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Develop first-order perturbation expressions for the first cumulant of S(q,t).
  • Analyze the initial time derivative of S(q,t) in light scattering experiments.
  • Quantify the influence of excluded-volume effects on molecular dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical development of perturbation expressions.
  • Analysis of the first cumulant of the dynamic structure factor.
  • Focus on photon-correlation measurements of scattered light.

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Main Results:

  • Derived expressions for the initial time derivative of S(q,t).
  • Introduced a coefficient C quantifying deviation from simple scattering vector dependence.
  • Found that excluded-volume effects cause only minor alterations to coefficient C.

Conclusions:

  • The developed perturbation expressions offer insights into flexible chain dynamics.
  • Excluded-volume effects have a limited impact on the initial dynamics of scattered light.
  • Results are relevant for interpreting photon-correlation spectroscopy data for polymers in solution.