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State-of-the-art polymeric materials possess property distributions in more than one parameter of molecular heterogeneity. Copolymers, for example, are distributed in molar mass and chemical composition, while telechelics and macromonomers are distributed frequently in molar mass and functionality. It is obvious that n independent properties require n-dimensional analytical methods for accurate (independent) characterization of the different structural parameters. 

Reaction mechanisms and molar mass distributions The molar mass distribution of a synthetic polymer strongly depends on the polymerization mechanism, and sole knowledge of some average molar mass may be of little help if the distribution function, or at least its second moment, is not known. To illustrate this, we will discuss two prominent distribution functions, as examples the Poisson distribution and the Schulz-Flory distribution, and refer the reader to the literature [7] for a more detailed discussion. 

Note 1 An infinite number of molar-mass averages can in principle be defined, but only a few types of averages are directly accessible experimentally. The most important averages are defined by simple moments of the distribution functions and are obtained by methods applied to systems in thermodynamic equilibrium, such as osmometry, light scattering and sedimentation equilibrium. Hydrodynamic methods, as a rule, yield more complex molar-mass averages. 

Gaussian curves (normal distribution functions) can sometimes be used to describe the shape of the overall envelope of the many vibrationally induced subbands that make up one electronic absorption band, e.g., for the absorption spectrum of the copper-containing blue protein of Pseudomonas (Fig. 23-8) Gaussian bands are appropriate. They permit resolution of the spectrum into components representing individual electronic transitions. Each transition is described by a peak position, height (molar extinction coefficient), and width (as measured at the halfheight, in cm-1). However, most absorption bands of organic compounds are not symmetric but are skewed... 

In this contribution, the experimental concept and a phenomenological description of signal generation in TDFRS will first be developed. Then, some experiments on simple liquids will be discussed. After the extension of the model to polydisperse solutes, TDFRS will be applied to polymer analysis, where the quantities of interest are diffusion coefficients, molar mass distributions and molar mass averages. In the last chapter of this article, it will be shown how pseudostochastic noise-like excitation patterns can be employed in TDFRS for the direct measurement of the linear response function and for the selective excitation of certain frequency ranges of interest by means of tailored pseudostochastic binary sequences. 

Dendrimers (Newkome et al., 1996) and hyperbranched polymers, HBP, look like functional microgels in their compactness but they differ in two aspects they do not contain cyclic structures and, more importantly, they are much smaller, in the range of a few nanometers in size. They are prepared stepwise in successive generations (dendrimers) or they are obtained by the polyaddition/polycondensation of ABf monomers, where only the A + B reaction is possible (HBP Voit, 2000). Both molecules have tree-like structures, but a large distribution of molar masses exists in the case of HBP. 

Thcyfi ) distribution function is calculated by completely ignoring the effect of diffusion an assumption that has been shown to yield nearly accurate results for molecules with molar weight >50 kDa. However, the diffusion coefficients can still be obtained from the standard deviation ([Pg.225]

The chemical properties of particles are assumed to correspond to thermodynamic relationships for pure and multicomponent materials. Surface properties may be influenced by microscopic distortions or by molecular layers. Chemical composition as a function of size is a crucial concept, as noted above. Formally the chemical composition can be written in terms of a generalized distribution function. For this case, dN is now the number of particles per unit volume of gas containing molar quantities of each chemical species in the range between ft and ft + / ,-, with i = 1, 2,..., k, where k is the total number of chemical species. Assume that the chemical composition is distributed continuously in each size range. The full size-composition probability density function is... 

As was pointed out in the introduction, complex polymers are distributed in more than one direction. Copolymers are characterized by the molar mass distribution and the chemical heterogeneity, whereas functional homopolymers are distributed in molar mass and functionality. Hence, the experimental evaluation of the different distribution functions requires separation in more than one direction. 

Like S-FFF, Th-FFF is one of the oldest FFF techniques [29,193]. Thompson described a basic experimental arrangement and a successful fractionation of polystyrene (PS) standards with narrow distribution of molar masses [29,193] followed by studies on some fundamental theoretical and experimental aspects of Th-FFF [34,194]. The theory of the retention of macromolecules in Th-FFF was advanced later [ 195]. The dependence of retention on the molar mass of polystyrene samples was proven experimentally [109,194], since D is a linear function of M of the form D=AxM b. It was possible to find a linear dependence of X values on M 0 5 [194]. Analogous experimental results, confirming theoretical relationships for retention in Th-FFF, were also reported for other polymers [196,197]. In a critical review of polymer analysis by Th-FFF, Martin and Rey-naud [197] specified the requirements for successful separation. 

The calculation of the molar polarizabilities, often involves statistical mechanical averaging over orientational distributions of the molecules. An important example is the distribution function w caused by dipole orientation in an externally applied static electric field E° because it describes the process of electric poling of NLO-phores. To second order in the field, the dipolar contributions to this (normalized) function are given by (100),... 

Fig. 5.11. Radial distribution functions of simulated KCI obtained by MC at r = 1700 K over a wide density range. The numbers are the molar volumes in cm mof . The continuous ine is g, long dashes and short dashes g. (Reprinted from D. L. Price, M. L. Saboungi, W. S. Howells, and M. P. Tosi, J. Electrochem. Soc. 9 1,1993.)...

Applying this function into the mass-balance equation (2-33) and performing the same conversions [Eqs. (2-34)-(2-39)], the final equation for the analyte retention in binary eluent is obtained. In expression (2-67) the analyte distribution coefficient (Kp) is dependent on the eluent composition. The volume of the acetonitrile adsorbed phase is dependent on the acetonitrile adsorption isotherm, which could be measured separately. The actual volume of the acetonitrile adsorbed layer at any concentration of acetonitrile in the mobile phase could be calculated from equation (2-52) by multiplication of the total adsorbed amount of acetonitrile on its molar volume. Thus, the volume of the adsorbed acetonitrile phase (Vj) can be expressed as a function of the acetonitrile concentration in the mobile phase (V, (Cei)). Substituting these in equation (2-67) and using it as an analyte distribution function for the solution of mass balance equation, we obtain... 

Consider a physical property (such as the total Gibbs free energy G) of a continuous mixture, the value of which depends on the composition of the mixture. Because the latter is a function of, say, the mole distribution n(x), one has a mapping from a function to (in this case) a scalar quantity G, which is expressed by saying that G is given by afunctional of n(x). [One could equally well consider the mass distribution function m(x), and consequently one would have partial mass properties rather than partial molar ones.] We use z for the label x when in-... 

In the case now under consideration, we make use of the distribution functions in the form of the expansion (100) with the potential energy (188). This leads to the following quadratic change in molar polarization ... 

Statistical averaging of the right-hand term of (174) with the distribution function (176) leads to the following molar Kerr constant, accounting for statistical-angular correlations ... 

Both MC and MD simulations have been used to calculate thermodynamic properties, most often the internal energy U, the virial pVYMgT, and the specific heat at constant volume Cy. Some of the rigid molecule models, e.g., the TIPS4 potential, were parameterized in part to give the correct molar volume at 300 K and zero pressure. As with the radial distribution functions, it is found that there is a reasonable variation between predicted values of these properties and that no one potential is clearly superior. 

The Kirkwood—Buff (KB) theory of solution (often called fluctuation theory) employs the grand canonical ensemble to relate macroscopic properties, such as the derivatives of the chemical potentials with respect to concentrations, the isothermal compressibility, and the partial molar volnmes, to microscopic properties in the form of spatial integrals involving the radial distribution function. This theory allows one to obtain information regarding some microscopic characteristics of mnlti-component mixtures from measurable macroscopic thermodynamic quantities. However, despite its attractiveness, the KB theory was rarely used in the first three decades after its publication for two main reasons (1) the lack of precise data (in particular regarding the composition dependence of the chemical potentials) and (2) the difficulty to interpret the results obtained. Only after Ben-Naim indicated how to calculate numerically the Kirkwood—Buff integrals (KBIs) for binary systems was this theory used more frequently. 

The KB theory of solution [15] (often called fluctuation theory of solution) employed the grand canonical ensemble to relate macroscopic properties, such as the derivatives of the chemical potentials with respect to concentrations, the isothermal compressibility and the partial molar volumes to microscopic properties in the form of spatial integrals involving the radial distribution function. 

Another method suggested by the authors for predicting the solubility of gases and large molecules such as the proteins, drugs and other biomolecules in a mixed solvent is based on the Kirkwood-Buff theory of solutions [18]. This theory connects the macroscopic properties of solutions, such as the isothermal compressibility, the derivatives of the chemical potentials with respect to the concentration and the partial molar volumes to their microscopic characteristics in the form of spatial integrals involving the radial distribution function. This theory allowed one to extract some microscopic characteristics of mixtures from measurable thermodynamic quantities. The present authors employed the Kirkwood-Buff theory of solution to obtain expressions for the derivatives of the activity coefficients in ternary [19] and multicomponent [20] mixtures with respect to the mole fractions. These expressions for the derivatives of the activity coefficients were used to predict the solubilities of various solutes in aqueous mixed solvents, namely ... 

The use of different modes of liquid chromatography facilitates the separation of complex samples, selectively, with respect to different properties like hydrodynamic volume, molar mass, chemical composition, or functionality. Using these techniques in combination, multidimensional information on different aspects of molecular heterogeneity can be obtained. If, for example, two different chromatographic techniques are combined in a cross-fractionation mode, information on chemical composition distribution and molar mass distribution can be obtained. Reviews on different techniques and applications involving the combination of GPC and various LC methods can be found in the literature [6-8]. 

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