ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The rotational diffusion equation for rotational ellipsoidal particles in solution has been approximately solved when the solute particles oriented by a shear flow are acted on by a rectangular and reversing electric pulse along the direction of the velocity gradient of flow. The angular distribution function is obtained up to the fourth order for an electric field and/or a hydrodynamic field, and it is used in order to calculate the birefringence and the extinction angle. A similar calculation is performed for the process in which the solute is returning to a steady state influenced by a shear flow after an electric field is suddenly removed. Furthermore, the equations for the intensities of light transmitted through the analyzer are shown in two cases. One is when the polarizer is oriented at 0°, and the other is when the polarizer is oriented at 45° with the direction of the electric field. The intensity at low fields in the latter case (45°) is expressed by the sum of a term of the square of the hydrodynamic field and a term of the square of the electric field. The intensity in the former case (0°), to the first order, is proportional to a hydrodynamic field; to the second order, it is proportional to the product of the hydrodynamic field and the square of the electric field. The initial slope of the intensity change for the buildup, reverse, or decay process in the former case (0°) is a function of the axial ratio and the electric property of the solute, even at low fields.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.462786
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