Static and dynamic light scattering by a thermoreversible gel from Rhizobium leguminosarum 8002 exopolysaccharide

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作者
Coviello, T
Burchard, W
Geissler, E
Maier, D
机构
[1] UNIV FREIBURG,INST MAKROMOLEK CHEM,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV GRENOBLE 1,SPECTROMETRIE PHYS LAB,F-38402 ST MARTIN DHER,FRANCE
[3] UNIV FREIBURG,FAK PHYS,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[4] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA,DIPARTIMENTO STUDI CHIM & TECNOL SOSTANZE BIOLOGI,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
关键词
ILL-POSED PROBLEMS; EXOCELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; REGULARIZATION METHOD; POLYMER-SOLUTIONS; GELATION; MECHANISM; NETWORKS; POINT;
D O I
10.1021/ma961651b
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Thermally reversible gelation of an exocellular polysaccharide from the bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum phaseoli strain 8002 was studied by static and dynamic light scattering (LS) and by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The very stiff double helical polysaccharide spontaneously forms a gel when salt (0.1 M NaCl) is added to aqueous solutions of the polymer with concentrations larger than 1.5% (w/v). The combination of static LS and SAXS revealed a heterogeneous structure that could be described by three characteristic correlation lengths. Large globular particles with a radius of gyration of R(G) = 308 +/- 10 nm appear embedded in a disordered medium with a correlation length of xi(1) = 120 +/- 20 nm and a fractal dimension of d(f) = 1.6 +/- 0.2. The matrix consists of entangled or associated chain sections with a cross-sectional radius of r(c) = 0.7 +/- 0.1 nm. The large clusters have an apparent fractal dimension of d(f) = 3.2 +/- 0.3. A third correlation length of 2.1 +/- 0.2 nm found in the system may be assigned to the fairly long side chains which form a disordered layer around the double helix. The heterogeneous structure was confirmed by dynamic LS, which revealed a very slow translational mode of motion in addition to the common fast translational motion. The time domain between these two relaxation processes appeared to be filled with a spectrum of further relaxation times but could not unambiguously be analyzed by Laplace inversion of the time correlation function.
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