ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Low shear viscosities have been determined for a 1 mg/ml poly(L-lysine) solution as a function of added salt concentration in the region of the previously reported ordinary-extraordinary phase transition. The measured viscosities indicate that the polyions are far from completely extended at the transition. Estimates of the longest internal relaxation time for an equivalent free-draining Rouse-Zimm chain give τ ≃ 10-5 sec, similar to that of the rapid, angle-independent component previously observed in the dynamic light-scattering correlation function at the transition. An unusual peak and valley are observed in the curve of [η]0 versus [NaBr] in the transition region. Possible interpretations of these features, and their bearing on the nature of the extraordinary phase, are discussed.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.1979.360180904
