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Masaaki Sugiyama1, Takao Mitsui, Takashi Sato
1Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka 590-0494, Japan, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. sugiyama@rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A distribution of Cu ions in polyelectrolyte film (Nafion) is directly observed with a small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) method utilizing an X-ray anomalous dispersion effect. A partial structure factor of the Cu ions, GAA(q), can be derived from the SAXS profiles obtained by scanning the incident X-ray energy around the Cu K absorption edge. GAA(q) has two peaks, indicating that the Cu ions hierarchically distribute in Nafion film. In addition, a standard SAXS also shows that Nafion film has a hierarchical structure. These results mean that the Cu ions locate in the domain where the hydrophilic bases aggregate.
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