Phase separation kinetics in silica sol-gel system containing polyethylene oxide. I. Initial stage
Phase separation kinetics in silica sol-gel system containing polyethylene oxide. I. Initial stage
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含有聚环氧乙烷的二氧化硅溶胶-凝胶体系中的相分离动力学。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00486246
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
N. Nemoto
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Nakanishi;Y. Yamasaki;H. Kaji;N. Soga;Tadashi Inoue;N. Nemoto
Domain formation kinetics in gelling alkoxy-derived silica solutions containing polyethylene oxide (PEO) has been investigated. The time-resolved light scattering measurement was performed for the polymerizing solutions which underwent phase separation in the length scale of micrometer. Domain formation processes which resulted in various sizes of inter-connected morphology were examined, focusing mainly on the initial stage. For all the samples, the scattering intensity grew exponentially with time forming a single peak at a fixed wave-number in the first few tens seconds, which is the characteristic of the linearized regime of the spinodal decomposition. An analysis based on the linearized theory proposed by Cahn gave a reasonable description of the kinetic parameter of phase separation induced in various stages of the sol-gel transition.