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Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Study of TAMRA Diffusion in Poly(vinyl-alcohol) and Ficoll70 Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Ariel Michelman-Ribeiro ,
Ferenc Horkay ,
Ralph Nossal  and
Hacene Boukari
Ariel Michelman-Ribeiro
Affiliation:
michelma@mail.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Lab. of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, United States
Ferenc Horkay
Affiliation:
horkay@helix.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Lab. of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, United States
Ralph Nossal
Affiliation:
rjn@helix.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Lab. of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, United States
Hacene Boukari
Affiliation:
boukarih@mail.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Lab. of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, United States
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Abstract

We compare fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) measurements of the fluorescent nanoparticle, TAMRA, diffusing in non-fluorescent -hence invisible- poly(vinyl-alcohol) (PVA) or Ficoll70 solutions as a function of the polymer concentration, c. We determine changes of the translational diffusion coefficient of TAMRA and fit the data with the universal scaling law (D ∼ exp[−α(c/c*)ν], to extract information about solvent quality. For PVA, we find ν = 0.74, suggesting that water in this case acts as a good solvent, whereas ν = 1.02 in Ficoll70 solutions, indicating theta-like behavior.

Keywords

diffusionpolymernanoscale
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 897: Symposium J – Biomemetic Polymers and Gels , 2005 , 0897-J02-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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