Figure 5
Distance distribution functions of the PU/PMMA latex particles suspended in various contrast sucrose solutions with electron densities in a range between the average electron density of the shell and the core of the particles fitted with the model of normal distribution of particles with variable electron densities, equation (1) (left-hand side, the obtained parameters are: Rc = 259 Å, R = 378 Å, ξc = 0.379 e Å−3, ξs = 0.366 e Å−3, σc = 0.018 e Å−3 and σs = 0.005 e Å−3) and with the core–shell model, pcs(r) (right-hand side, the obtained parameters are: Rc = 277 Å, R = 366 Å, ξc = 0.377 e Å−3, ξs = 0.366 e Å−3). Numbers presented on each plot indicate mass density (in g cm−3) of the corresponding contrast solutions. The distance distribution functions have been normalized by the maximum value obtained in p(r) of the latex particles diluted in a water solution (ρm ≃ 1.0 g cm−3). |