Graft polymer solutions as sticky hard-sphere colloids

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Apr;67(4 Pt 1):041401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.041401. Epub 2003 Apr 8.

Abstract

We show that a solution of a graft (comb) polymer can exhibit an adhesive hard-sphere pair potential. In the present paper, static and dynamic light scattering measurements on a comb polymer at low molecular weight are performed and the results discussed in the framework of the colloidal theory for adhesive spheres. Renormalization group calculations are directly compared with experimental data on the cooperative diffusion coefficient using the scaled concentration parameter.

MeSH terms

  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
  • Biophysical Phenomena
  • Biophysics*
  • Colloids
  • Diffusion
  • Light
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Software

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Colloids
  • Polymers