ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
associations
;
random copolymers
;
self-diffusion
;
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The self-diffusion of four styrene-methylmethacrylate random copolymers dissolved in acetone, a thermodynamically bad solvent for the styrene sequences in the copolymer, were investigated by pulsed-field gradient NMR. The echo attenuations Sinc(q,t) are dominated by diffusion of clusters. At higher concentrations, physical gelation sets in (formation of a transient network), which is manifested in an anomalous, restricted diffusion at short observation times. The measured fluctuations of the positions of the chain segments in the transient network have an amplitude of about 100 nm. The free long-range diffusion attained at long observation times shows a much stronger concentration dependence than in the nonassociating solvent benzene. The results are in accord with light-scattering investigations. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 2931-2939, 1998
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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