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We have studied salt free semi dilute polyelectrolyte solutions by small angle neutron scattering. Specific labelling associated with an extrapolation method has allowed the separation of the form factor of a single polyelectrolyte chainS 1(q) and the structure factorS 2(q). Two lengths are deduced from these two factors: the persistence lengthb t which characterizes the electrostatic interactions along the chain by a fitting ofS 1(q) with calculation of the scattering function for a wormlike chain, and fromS 2(q),q −1m which characterizes the interactions between chains. These two lengths vary in the same way with the concentration of polyions (b t ∝C −1/2p ,q −1m ∝ C −1/2p ) and a constant relation exists between them: only one length is then necessary to describe the structure of polyelectrolyte soltuion on this semidilute concentration range.
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Nierlich, M., Boue, F., Lapp, A. et al. Characteristic lengths and the structure of salt free polyelectrolyte solutions. A small angle neutron scattering study. Colloid & Polymer Sci 263, 955–964 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410988
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