Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-05-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
57 pages, 82 figures, LaTeX + RevTex4 Phys Rev B style, uses amsmath graphicx latexsym amsfonts amssymb bm longtable
Scientific paper
The experimental literature on the motion of mesoscopic probe particles through polymer solutions is systematically reviewed. The primary focus is the study of diffusive motion of small probe particles. Comparison is made with measurements of solution viscosities. A coherent description was obtained, namely that the probe diffusion coefficient generally depends on polymer concentration as D_p = D_0 exp(-alpha c^nu). One finds that alpha depends on polymer molecular weights as alpha ~ M^0.8, and \nu appears to have large-M and small-M values with a crossover linking them. The probe diffusion coefficient does not simply track the solution viscosity; instead, D_p eta typically increases markedly with increasing polymer concentration and molecular weight. In some systems, e.g., hydroxypropylcellulose:water, the observed probe spectra are bi- or tri-modal. Extended analysis of the full probe phenomenology implies that hydroxypropylcellulose solutions are characterized by a single, concentration-independent, length scale that is approximately the size of a polymer coil. In a very few systems, one sees re-entrant or low-concentration-plateau behaviors of uncertain interpretation; from their rarity, these behaviors are reasonably interpreted as corresponding to specific chemical effects. True microrheological studies examining the motion of mesoscopic particles under the influence of a known external force are also examined. Viscosity from true microrheological measurements is in many cases substantially smaller than the viscosity measured with a macroscopic instrument.
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