Scaling law of poly(ethylene oxide) chain permeation through a nanoporous wall |
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Authors: | Choudhury Rudra Prosad Galvosas Petrik Schönhoff Monika |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t Münster, Corrensstrasse 30/36, D-48149 Münster, Germany. rudra@mc.rwth-aachen.de |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a study of the permeation of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) chains through the nanoporous wall of hollow polymeric capsules prepared by self-assembly of polyelectrolytes. We employ the method of pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR diffusion to distinguish chains in different sites, i.e., in the capsule interior and free chains in the dispersion, by their respective diffusion coefficient. From a variation of the observation time, the time scale of the molecular exchange between both sites and thus the permeation rate constant is extracted from a two-site exchange model. Permeation rate constants show two different regimes with a different dependence on chain length. This suggests a transition between two different mechanisms of permeation as the molecular weight is increased. In either regime, the permeation time can be described by a scaling law tau approximately N (b) , with b = (4)/ 3 for short chains and b = (1)/ 3 for long chains. We discuss these exponents, which clearly differ from the theoretical predictions for chain translocation. |
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