Space-resolved dynamic light scattering within a millimetric drop: from Brownian diffusion to the swelling of hydrogel beads
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| author | Milani, Matteo Phou, Ty Prevot, Guillame Ramos, Laurence Cipelletti, Luca |
| author_facet | Milani, Matteo Phou, Ty Prevot, Guillame Ramos, Laurence Cipelletti, Luca |
| contents | We present a novel dynamic light scattering setup to probe, with time and space resolution, the microscopic dynamics of soft matter systems confined within millimeter-sized spherical drops. By using an ad-hoc optical layout, we tackle the challenges raised by refraction effects due to the unconventional shape of the samples. We first validate the setup by investigating the dynamics of a suspension of Brownian particles. The dynamics measured at different positions in the drop, and hence different scattering angles, are found to be in excellent agreement with those obtained for the same sample in a conventional light scattering setup. We then demonstrate the setup capabilities by investigating a bead made of a polymer hydrogel undergoing swelling. The gel microscopic dynamics exhibit a space dependence that strongly varies with time elapsed since the beginning of swelling. Initially, the dynamics in the periphery of the bead are much faster than in the core, indicative of non-uniform swelling. As the swelling proceeds, the dynamics slow down and become more spatially homogeneous. By comparing the experimental results to numerical and analytical calculations for the dynamics of a homogeneous, purely elastic sphere undergoing swelling, we establish that the mean square displacement of the gel strands deviates from the affine motion inferred from the macroscopic deformation, evolving from fast diffusive-like dynamics at the onset of swelling to slower, yet supradiffusive, rearrangements at later stages. |
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| spellingShingle | Space-resolved dynamic light scattering within a millimetric drop: from Brownian diffusion to the swelling of hydrogel beads Milani, Matteo Phou, Ty Prevot, Guillame Ramos, Laurence Cipelletti, Luca Soft Condensed Matter Optics We present a novel dynamic light scattering setup to probe, with time and space resolution, the microscopic dynamics of soft matter systems confined within millimeter-sized spherical drops. By using an ad-hoc optical layout, we tackle the challenges raised by refraction effects due to the unconventional shape of the samples. We first validate the setup by investigating the dynamics of a suspension of Brownian particles. The dynamics measured at different positions in the drop, and hence different scattering angles, are found to be in excellent agreement with those obtained for the same sample in a conventional light scattering setup. We then demonstrate the setup capabilities by investigating a bead made of a polymer hydrogel undergoing swelling. The gel microscopic dynamics exhibit a space dependence that strongly varies with time elapsed since the beginning of swelling. Initially, the dynamics in the periphery of the bead are much faster than in the core, indicative of non-uniform swelling. As the swelling proceeds, the dynamics slow down and become more spatially homogeneous. By comparing the experimental results to numerical and analytical calculations for the dynamics of a homogeneous, purely elastic sphere undergoing swelling, we establish that the mean square displacement of the gel strands deviates from the affine motion inferred from the macroscopic deformation, evolving from fast diffusive-like dynamics at the onset of swelling to slower, yet supradiffusive, rearrangements at later stages. |
| title | Space-resolved dynamic light scattering within a millimetric drop: from Brownian diffusion to the swelling of hydrogel beads |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09875 |