2-STAGE KINETICS OF SINGLE-CHAIN COLLAPSE - POLYSTYRENE IN CYCLOHEXANE

Authors
CHU B YING QC GROSBERG AY
Citation
B. Chu et al., 2-STAGE KINETICS OF SINGLE-CHAIN COLLAPSE - POLYSTYRENE IN CYCLOHEXANE, Macromolecules, 28(1), 1995, pp. 180-189
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecules → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249297
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
180 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(1995)28:1<180:2KOSC->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Two-stage kinetics of single-chain collapse was clearly observed by us ing a thinnest capillary-tube cell with a wall thickness of 0.01 mm an d a diameter of 5 mm for dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements. Two relaxation times, tau(crum) for the crumpled globule state and tau (eq) for the compact globule state, were determined for the first time . Experimental DLS data measured in the coil-to-globule transition wer e compared with theoretical predictions.