ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Structure measurements of a suspension of charged polystyrene spheres with significant polydispersity (16%) are reported for a wide range of particle and added salt concentrations and scattering wave vector. Small angle neutron scattering yielded the structure factors of concentrated samples that have had extensive rheological characterization. A Schulz distribution was used as a model of the particle size distribution to reduce the intensity data and as a basis for the theoretical fits of the structure factors. Static light scattering measurements yielded the structure factors of diluted, deionized samples. Dynamic light scattering was also performed to study the relaxation of these structures. These measured structures were fit with a recent theory that accounts for both size and charge polydispersity in the suspension. These results and the previous extensive, rheological investigations and physical characterization yield a complete data set on a well-characterized, model system that can be used to test theories of the statics and dynamics of polydisperse colloidal suspensions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.461450
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