Scattering from Colloid-Polymer Conjugates with Excluded Volume Effect

作者:Li Xin; Lam Christopher N; Sanchez Diaz Luis E; Smith Gregory S; Olsen Bradley D*; Chen Wei Ren
来源:ACS Macro Letters, 2015, 4(2): 165-170.
DOI:10.1021/mz5006958

摘要

This work presents scattering functions of conjugates consisting of a colloid particle and a self-avoiding polymer chain as a model for protein polymer conjugates and nanoparticle polymer conjugates in solution. The model is directly derived from the two-point correlation function with the inclusion of excluded volume effects. The dependence of the calculated scattering function on the geometric shape of the colloid and polymer stiffness is investigated. The model is able to describe the experimental scattering signature of the solutions of suspending hard particle polymer conjugates and provide additional conformational information. This model explicitly elucidates the link between the global conformation of a conjugate and the microstructure of its constituent components.

  • 出版日期2015-2
  • 单位MIT