Molecular properties of poly(carboxybetaine) in solutions with different ionic strengths and pH values |
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Authors: | A V Lezov P S Vlasov A A Lezov N S Domnina G E Polushina |
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Institution: | 1.Faculty of Physics,St. Petersburg State University,St. Petersburg,Russia;2.Faculty of Chemistry,St. Petersburg State University,St. Petersburg,Russia |
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Abstract: | Viscometry and dynamic and static light scattering are employed to study the molecular properties of water-soluble poly(carboxybetaine),
that is, poly(2-(diallyl(methyl)ammonium) acetate). It is shown that, in solutions with pH 1, the polymer behaves as a polyelectrolyte.
In media with pH 6 and 13, an increase in the concentration of sodium chloride increases the intrinsic viscosity of the polymer
and the hydrodynamic radius of its macromolecules, thereby indicating the antipolyelectrolyte effect typical of polymer zwitterions.
In water and 0.1 M NaOH, the second virial coefficient of the polymer is close to zero, while exponent ν, which relates the sizes of macromolecules to their molecular masses, is 0.5. In 1 M NaCl, the second virial coefficient
becomes positive, while exponent increases to 0.58. The Kuhn segment lengths of poly(carboxybetaine) molecules are 6.3 and
6.6 nm in water and 1 M NaCl, respectively. An increase in the hydrodynamic radius of macromolecules with the ionic strength
of the solution is due to the shielding of attraction between zwitterions belonging to polybetaine monomer units located far
apart along a macromolecular chain. |
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