Homogeneous and inhomogenous polyacrylamide gels as observed by small angle neutron scattering: A connection with elastic properties

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-444

  Benguigui, L ^a,b   Boue F ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

61.12. q Neutron diffraction and scattering; 61.41.+e Polymers, elastomers, and plastics; 62.20. x Mechanical properties of solids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012606737     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050954     Document Type: Article

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11. 2) (instead of our Eq. (1)) and a Lorentzian. We tried also this method but the fit appears to be less good. The interesting point is that the values of L we found are very near those of the characteristic length Ξ.
12. 2) (instead of our Eq. (1)) and a Lorentzian. We tried also this method but the fit appears to be less good. The interesting point is that the values of L we found are very near those of the characteristic length Ξ.
13. 2) (instead of our Eq. (1)) and a Lorentzian. We tried also this method but the fit appears to be less good. The interesting point is that the values of L we found are very near those of the characteristic length Ξ.
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16. Although the Guinier law is rigorously valid only for qR < 1, for our qualitative approach, we can take it for all the q range. See also the Figure 6 of reference [12] and also the remark made by these authors in p. 27 about the Guinier law as being a surprisingly good approximation.