Fig. 1: Dynamics of NR50 and NR85 in TPEG gels and schematics illustrating the physical picture. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Dynamics of NR50 and NR85 in TPEG gels and schematics illustrating the physical picture.

From: The coupling of rotational and translational dynamics for rapid diffusion of nanorods in macromolecular networks

Fig. 1

a The fluctuation part of the ensemble-averaged correlation function of NR50 inside hydrogel together with the best-fitting curve. b \({q}^{2}\) dependence of the three relaxation rates of NR50 measured in DDLS. c The fluctuation part of the ensemble-averaged correlation function of NR85 inside hydrogel together with the best-fitting curve. d The four relaxation rates of NR85 measured in DDLS as a function of \({q}^{2}\). e–g Schematics of rods taking different orientations within gel meshes when their rotations are strongly confined. h Schematics of the translational motion induced or assisted by the rotation re-orientation process, the translational motion is random, and the possible back-and-forth motion is indicated by the double arrow label. The schematics shown in e-h are illustrated by taking the NR50-TPEG system as an example.

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