Rotational relaxation time of polyelectrolyte xanthan chain via single molecule tracking method

Jeong Yong Lee, Hyun Wook Jung, Jae Chun Hyun

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    Abstract

    Effect of solvent viscosity on the longest rotational relaxation time of xanthan molecule has been examined using a single molecule tracking method. Incorporating inverted epi-fluorescence microscope and chargedcoupled device (CCD) camera, various features of xanthan (i.e., radius of gyration, orientation angle, etc.) were interpreted by image processing algorithm from the captured real xanthan images. From the best-fit of the autocorrelation function on the orientation angle, the longest rotational relaxation time was effectively determined. Rotational relaxation time increases with the medium solvent viscosity due to the slow movement of xanthan molecule. It is confirmed that there is a good agreement between experiments and Brownian dynamics simulations on the relaxation patterns of xanthan chain.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)333-337
    Number of pages5
    JournalKorea Australia Rheology Journal
    Volume24
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Dec

    Keywords

    • Brownian dynamics
    • Polyelectrolytes
    • Rotational relaxation time
    • Single molecule tracking
    • Xanthan

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics

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