Measurement of Chain Dimensions in Dilute Polymer Solutions. A Light Scattering and Viscometric Study of Linear Polyisoprene in Cyclohexane

N. S. Davidson; L. J. Fetters; W. G. Funk; N. Hadjichristidis; W. W. Graessley

doi:10.1021/ma00176a048

Measurement of Chain Dimensions in Dilute Polymer Solutions. A Light Scattering and Viscometric Study of Linear Polyisoprene in Cyclohexane

N. S. Davidson^*, L. J. Fetters, W. G. Funk, N. Hadjichristidis, W. W. Graessley

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Several methods for obtaining the size of macromolecules in dilute solution were applied to a series of linear polyisoprenes in the thermodynamically good solvent cyclohexane. The polymers, prepared by anionic polymerization, cover a wide range in molecular weight (1.5 X 10⁴< M < 3.4 X 10⁶) and have narrow molecular weight distributions (M_w/M_n< 1.1). The viscometric radius R_Vfthe radius of gyration R_g, the hydrodynamic radius R_H,and the thermodynamic radius R_Twere determined by viscometry and by static and dynamic light scattering. The molecular weight dependences of all four size measures are well-described by power laws (R ∞ M^a). The exponents obtained for R_H, R_V and R_Tagree fairly well with the predicted value of 0.588 for good solvents. The exponent obtained for R_Gis smaller, although R_G/R_H in fact changes rather little over the range of available data. The values ofR_G/R_H,R_V/R_H andR_T/R_Hare in reasonable accord with the theory for self-avoiding coils and with results for polystyrene and poly (α-methylstyrene) in good solvents.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2614-2619
Number of pages	6
Journal	Macromolecules
Volume	20
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00176a048
State	Published - Oct 1 1987
Externally published	Yes

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