Gelation dynamics upon pressure-induced liquid-liquid phase separation in a water-lysozyme solution

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العنوان: Gelation dynamics upon pressure-induced liquid-liquid phase separation in a water-lysozyme solution
المؤلفون: Moron, M., Al-Masoodi, A., Lovato, C., Reiser, M., Randolph, L., Surmeier, G., Bolle, J., Westermeier, F., Sprung, M., Winter, R., Paulus, M., Gutt, C.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
الوصف: Employing X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy we measure the kinetics and dynamics of a pressure-induced liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in a water-lysozyme solution. Scattering invariants and kinetic information provide evidence that the system reaches the phase boundary upon pressure-induced LLPS with no sign of arrest. The coarsening slows down with increasing quench depths. The $g_2$-functions display a two-step decay with a gradually increasing non-ergodicity parameter typical for gelation. We observe fast superdiffusive ($\gamma \geq 3/2$) and slow subdiffusive ($\gamma < 0.6$) motion associated with fast viscoelastic fluctuations of the network and a slow viscous coarsening process, respectively. The dynamics age linear with time $\tau \propto t_\mathrm{w}$ and we observe the onset of viscoelastic relaxation for deeper quenches. Our results suggest that the protein solution gels upon reaching the phase boundary.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.05026
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2107.05026
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv