STRAIN EFFECT ON QUASI-STATIC FLUCTUATIONS IN A POLYMER GEL

Authors
ROUF C BASTIDE J PUJOL JM SCHOSSELER F MUNCH JP
Citation
C. Rouf et al., STRAIN EFFECT ON QUASI-STATIC FLUCTUATIONS IN A POLYMER GEL, Physical review letters, 73(6), 1994, pp. 830-833
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
830 - 833
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:6<830:SEOQFI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We study the scattering properties of a polymer gel uniaxially deforme d by anisotropic swelling. Both the light- and neutron-scattering inte nsities appear to be greatly enhanced along the direction of maximum d ilation, Using a scanning light-scattering device, we show that this e ffect is governed by the ''quasistatic'' fluctuations, in space, of th e polymer concentration, and not by the ''thermal'' fluctuations.