Neutron Scattering from Polymers
DOI: 10.1063/1.881012
Some years ago, one of our mentors expressed the desire to “color polymer molecules red” so that one could follow them in a solid and see how they arrange themselves and how they move among similar or different molecules. As we will see in this article, the excitement today over the application of small‐angle neutron scattering to the study of polymers lies in the possibility of fulfilling his wish to understand the conformation and dynamics of polymer molecules.
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More about the Authors
Richard S. Stein. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Charles C. Han. National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
