Small-angle neutron and dynamic light scattering study of gelatin coacervates |
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Authors: | B Mohanty V K Aswal P S Goyal H B Bohidar |
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Institution: | (1) School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 110 067 New Delhi, India;(2) Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400 085 Mumbai, India |
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Abstract: | The state of intermolecular aggregates and that of folded gelatin molecules could be characterized by dynamic laser light and small-angle neutron scattering experiments, which implied spontaneous segregation of particle sizes preceding coacervation, which is a liquid-liquid phase transition phenomenon. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) data analysis revealed two particle sizes until precipitation was reached. The smaller particles having a diameter of ~50 nm (stable nanoparticles prepared by coacervation method) were detected in the supernatant, whereas the inter-molecular aggregates having a diameter of ~400 nm gave rise to coacervation. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments revealed that typical mesh size of the networks exist in polymer dense phase (coacervates) 1]. Analysis of the SANS structure factor showed the presence of two length scales associated with this system that were identified as the correlation length or mesh size, ξ = 10.6 Å of the network and the other is the size of inhomogeneities = 21.4 Å. Observations were discussed based on the results obtained from SANS experiments performed in 5% (w/v) gelatin solution at 60°C (ξ = 50 Å, ζ = 113 Å) and 5% (w/v) gel at 28°C (ξ = 47 Å, ζ = 115 Å) in aqueous phase 2] indicating smaller length scales in coacervate as compared to sol and gel. |
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Keywords: | Gelatin coacervates light scattering neutron scattering |
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