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Analysis of the conformation of wormlike chains by combination of small‐angle x‐ray and small‐angle neutron scattering
Author(s) -
Hickl Peter,
Ballauff Matthias
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19971180188
Subject(s) - scattering , small angle neutron scattering , small angle scattering , small angle x ray scattering , biological small angle scattering , neutron scattering , wide angle x ray scattering , materials science , neutron , polymer , function (biology) , chain (unit) , molecular physics , optics , condensed matter physics , crystallography , physics , chemistry , nuclear physics , composite material , evolutionary biology , biology , astronomy
An analysis of the conformation of a wormlike polymer by small‐angle scattering is presented. By a combined investigation of small‐angle X‐ray and of small‐angle neutron scattering the effect of the finite size of the repeating units can be eliminated. The procedure suggested herein therefore allows to obtain the scattering function for a respective infinitely thin chain. The latter quantity is compared to current models of the scattering function of wormlike chains.