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. 2017 Oct 19;50(21):8562–8569. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01769

Table 3. Overview of the Effect of Polymer Composition on the Radius of Gyration (RG), Particle Shape Factor (ρ), Absolute Scattering Intensity at q = 0 (I0), Weight-Average Molecular Weight (Mw), and the Aggregation Number (Nagg).

  RGa (nm) ρb I0a (cm–1) normalized I0 Mw,SANS (kDa) Mw,calcc (kDa) Naggd
P0–0 5.6 1.14 0.35 1.0 65.3 127.4 0.51
P0–20 5.1 1.12 0.37 1.1 64.0 109.4 0.58
P5–15 5.1 0.86 0.43 1.2 83.1 117.9 0.70
P10–0 7.8 1.60 0.61 1.8 124.5 127.2 0.98
P10–10 5.3 0.91 0.72 2.1 191.1 119.8 1.60
P15–5 6.8 1.06 1.09 3.1 189.0 117.7 1.60
P20–0     2.20 6.4 441.6 120.5 3.66
a

Determined using the Guinier analysis (cpolymer = 1 mg mL–1, T = 25 °C).

b

ρ = RG/RH.

c

Mw,calc(Px–y) = [(MBTA × mol %BTA) + (MDodecyl × mol %dodecyl) + (MJeffamine M-1000 × mol %Jeffamine M-1000) + Mend groups] × ĐM (Px–y).

d

Nagg = Mw,SANS/Mw,calc.