Shear induced deformation of polystyrene coils in dilute solution from small angle neutron scattering

The deformation of the overall conformation of polystyrene,Mw=280000 g/ mole in dilute solution in a constant shear gradient has been investigated by small angle neutron scattering (SANS).

Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow Mapping in Stroke and During Mental Stimulation After Intravenous Injection of 195mAu

The new short life isotope 195mAu has some suitable features for quantitative cerebral blood flow mapping. Its half-life is 30.5 s; therefore an injection can be repeated after 3 min (six half-lives) without any need for background subtraction and with the same specific activity. The calculated whole body radiation dose after three successive administrations of 25 mCi 195mAu amounts to 50 mrad. In comparison to a 99mTc pertechnetate injection it is estimated that the dose to the patients is reduced by a factor of eight (Garcia et al. 1981).

The proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1 was determined at 13,8, 55,2, and 90 MHz in polystyrene (PS-d0) and polystyrene deuterated at the chain (PS-d3) and the phenyl groups (PS-d5), respectively, at temperatures between −130 and +230°C. Furthermore, T1 was measured in isotopic mixtures of PS-d3 and fully deuterated PS-d8 where a separation into intramolecular and intermolecular contributions was possible through the deuteron dilution technique. Above 130°C, various distributions of correlation times provide a semiquantitative understanding of the different motins seen by the protons of the partially deuterated systems. Rotating frame relaxation times in PS-d3 and PS-d5 reveal librationa…

Spherical microgel colloids - Hard spheres from soft matter

While gels are usually considered to be soft materials, we demonstrate that it is possible to model hard sphere behaviour when the gel structure is confined to spherical objects of sizes in the colloidal range. We have measured the static structure factor of microgel spheres dispersed in good solvents, differing in size, crosslink density and swelling behaviour, by light scattering and small angle neutron scattering. Comparing with theoretical calculations for polydisperse hard spheres we show how the interactions in highly concentrated dispersions of spherical microgel colloids are determined by an interplay of the relative length of dangling polymer ends at the surface (determined by the …