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The European Physical Journal B
ISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6036 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1 Issue 3 (1998) pp 345-352
On the scattering properties of a weakly charged polymer gel
Y. Shiwa (a)
Division of Natural Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
Received: 28 March 1997 / Revised: 4 September 1997 / Accepted: 23 October 1997
Abstract: A phenomenological model is presented to describe weakly charged polymer gels based on the classical elasticity theory. The structure factor of the gel is calculated considering both thermal and frozen concentration fluctuations as well as the screened Coulomb interaction. In agreement with the recent experimental finding the result shows anomalous crosslink-density dependence of the scattering profiles.
PACS. 03.40.-t Classical mechanics of continuous media: general mathematical aspects - 82.70.Gg Gels and sols - 05.20.-y Statistical mechanics
(a) email: shiway@hiei.kit.ac.jp
Online publication: February 24, 1998
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