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Diffusion in dense polymer fluids
Author(s) -
Lodge Timothy P.,
Wheeler Louise,
Hartley Brian,
Huang W. James,
Landry Michael R.,
Frick Theodore S.,
Lee Jeffrey A.,
Tirrell Matthew
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19870100109
Subject(s) - diffusion , polymer , thermal diffusivity , rayleigh scattering , chemical physics , work (physics) , molecular diffusion , materials science , molecule , polymerization , light scattering , dynamic light scattering , anomalous diffusion , scattering , thermodynamics , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , optics , organic chemistry , innovation diffusion , composite material , computer science , metric (unit) , operations management , nanoparticle , economics , knowledge management
Most reactions involving a polymeric reactant are, or can easily become, diffusion‐controlled. While phenomenological models have been developed, direct fundamental knowledge of the diffusion, and data on the diffusion coefficients are lacking. Data on small molecule and polymer self‐diffusion coefficients are being obtained by two optical techniques over wide ranges of polymer concentration (0–100%) and diffusivity (10 −14 to 10 −5 cm 2 /sec). We present here a summary of our work of the last year in diffusion measurement by two different techniques. Forced Rayleigh Scattering (FRS) is being used to study small molecule diffusion in polymer fluids. Dynamic light scattering is being used to study polymer molecule diffusion over same range of variables. We hope through this work to be able to provide a complete picture of molecular mobility under polymerization conditions.