Diffusion in Polymer Solutions Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

作者:Cherdhirankorn Thipphaya; Best Andreas; Koynov Kaloian*; Peneva Kalina; Muellen Klaus; Fytas George
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009, 113(11): 3355-3359.
DOI:10.1021/jp809707y

摘要

We employed fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to study the diffusion of molecular and macromolecular tracers in polystyrene solutions over a broad range of concentrations (c) and molecular weights (M(w,m)) of the matrix polymer. Molecular tracer diffusion scales only with the matrix concentration and superimposes on a single, nonpolymer specific, curve. On the contrary, the diffusion of macromolecular tracers in solutions of matrix polymers with M(w,m) sufficiently larger than the tracer molecular weight scales with c/c(p)*, where c(p)* is the tracer overlap concentration. We further demonstrate that FCS can address local and global dynamics simultaneously.

  • 出版日期2009-3-19