Table 2.
Structural parameters of the normal c-PDGE-b-PTEGGE micelle formed in a mixture of 75 wt % ethanol and 25 wt % water, which were analyzed by DLS and X-ray scattering analyses.
| DLS Analysis | Peaks Appeared in Size Distribution | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak 1 | |||||||||||
|
Rh,1a (nm) |
φ1b (%) |
Rh,zc (nm) |
PDIDLSd | Rg,TPS/Rh,z | Rg,TPS/R h,1 | ||||||
| Intensity-weighted distribution |
21 (5) e |
100 | 20 | 0.03 | 0.42 | 0.40 | |||||
| Number-weighted distribution |
17 (4) |
100 | 0.51 | ||||||||
| Volume-weighted distribution |
19 (4) |
100 | 0.46 | ||||||||
| X-ray scattering analysis |
Rg,Gf (nm) |
Rg,IFTg (nm) |
Rg,TPSh (nm) |
Rmaxi (nm) |
Rpj (nm) |
Rek (nm) |
Dmaxl (nm) |
Rg,G/Rg,IFT | Rmax/Rg,IFT | Dmax/Rmax | εelm |
| Guinier | 7.75 | ||||||||||
| Indirect Fourier transformation (IFT) | 7.97 | 10.58 | 23.00 | 0.97 | 1.33 | 2.17 | |||||
| Three-phase ellipsoid |
8.50 | 9.70 | 11.55 | 0.84 | |||||||
a Averaged hydrodynamic radius. b Fraction in percent. c z-Averaged hydrodynamic radius. d Polydispersity index in the DLS data analysis, which is defined by Equation (12). e Standard deviation. f Radius of gyration determined from Guinier analysis. g Radius of gyration determined from IFT analysis. h Radius of gyration determined from three phase ellipsoid (which is a three phase structure (TPS)) analysis. i Radius determined from the peak maximum of the p(r) function in IFT analysis. j Polar radius. k Equatorial radius. l Maximum dimension determined from the p(r) function in IFT analysis. m Ellipsoidicity (= polar radius/equatorial radius).