Using contrast matching to understand the networks in multicomponent systems

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We have been focusing on two component gel networks. Here, both components can individually form gels. In a mixed system, the LMWG can either co-assemble or self-sort. In a self-sorted system, the LMWG prefer to assemble with themselves, such that each fibre only contains a single LMWG. However, for self-sorted fibers, to understand the mechanical properties of the gels, it is necessary to understand how the fibres interact. For example, in two hypothetically different cases, the different fibres could heavily entangle or prefer to remain separate and form an interpenetrated network. Here, we intend to use contrast matching experiments to understand how one network has been affected by the presence of the second.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.98002459
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/98002459
Provenance
Creator Dr Emily Draper; Professor Dave Adams; Dr Sarah Rogers; Dr Annela Seddon; Dr Kate McAulay; Miss Ana Maria Fuentes Caparrós
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-10-14T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-10-18T06:50:51Z