Precise measurement of the self-diffusion coefficient for poly(ethylene glycol) in aqueous solution using uniform oligomers |
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Authors: | Shimada Kayori Kato Haruhisa Saito Takeshi Matsuyama Shigetomo Kinugasa Shinichi |
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Affiliation: | Polymer Standards Section, Organic Analytical Chemistry Division, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki. k-shimada@aist.go.jp |
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Abstract: | Uniform poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) oligomers, with a degree of polymerization n=1-40, were separated by preparative supercritical fluid chromatography from commercial monodispersed samples. Diffusion coefficients, D, for separated uniform PEG oligomers were measured in dilute solutions of deuterium oxide (D(2)O) at 30 degrees C, using pulsed-field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance. The measured D for each molecular weight was extrapolated to infinite dilution. Diffusion coefficients obtained at infinite dilution follow the scaling behavior of Zimm-type diffusion, even in the lower molecular weight range. Molecular-dynamics simulations for PEG in H(2)O also showed this scaling behavior, and reproduced close hydrodynamic interactions between PEG and water. These findings suggest that diffusion of PEG in water is dominated by hydrodynamic interaction over a wide molecular weight range, including at low molecular weights around 1000. |
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