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The technique of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) has been used to study the conformation of polystyrene chains in dilute solution under a constant shear gradient. The experiments reveal a distinct anisotropy of the molecular dimensions with regard to the directions parallel and perpendicular to the flow direction on the 2D-multidetector. The deformation ratio of the single polymer chain (〈R 2〉/〈R 2iso 〉)−1 as a function of the reduced shear gradientβ=([η] · η · M w G)/RT shows a transition from the idealβ 2-behaviour for dynamic infinitely flexible coils found at small gradients, to a behaviour with smaller increase at largerβ. These results are qualitatively consistent with the theory of Cerf for a polymer with finite internal viscosity in a shear gradient. At lowβ(β<1), a better agreement with the model of a free-draining coil (Rouse behaviour) than with the Zimm model is observed.
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Lindner, P., Oberthür, R.C. Shear-induced deformation of polystyrene coils in dilute solution from small angle neutron scattering 2. Variation of shear gradient, molecular mass and solvent viscosity. Colloid & Polymer Sci 266, 886–897 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410843
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