Coil to globule transition for high molecular weight sodium sulfonated polystyrene

Pandey, Jiwan Kumar (2013) Coil to globule transition for high molecular weight sodium sulfonated polystyrene. MSc thesis.

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Abstract

We have studied the effect of temperature on the conformation of 500 kDa sodium sulfonated polystyrene (NaPSS) in 4.5M salt solution using Dynamic Light Scattering. The measurements were carried out at different solution temperatures from 25Ž to 5Ž with five degree interval. The solutions were quenched to the desired temperature from 25Ž before measurements were carried out on them. The buffer solution of pH 7.0 with 4.5M of salt and at 25 Ž acts as a ƒÆ-solvent for sodium sulfonated polystyrene. A sharp decrease in chain size was observed at 10Ž indicating a transition from coil to globular state.

Item Type:Thesis ( MSc)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Dynamic Light Scattering, hydrodynamic radius , polyelectrolyte, viscosity
Subjects:Physics > Condensed Matter
Divisions: Sciences > Department of Physics
ID Code:4754
Deposited By:Hemanta Biswal
Deposited On:31 Oct 2013 10:02
Last Modified:20 Dec 2013 14:14
Supervisor(s):Jena, S S

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