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Depolarized light scattering from prolate anisotropic particles: the influence of the particle shape on the field autocorrelation function

Christopher Passow·Borge ten Hagen·Hartmut Löwen·Joachim Wagner
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We provide a theoretical analysis for the intermediate scattering function typically measured in depolarized dynamic light scattering experiments. We calculate the field autocorrelation function $g_1^{\rm VH}(Q,t)$ in dependence on the wave vector $Q$ and the time $t$ explicitly in a vertical-horizontal scattering geometry for differently shaped solids of revolution. The shape of prolate cylinders, spherocylinders, spindles, and double cones with variable aspect ratio is expanded in rotational invariants $f_{lm}(r)$. By Fourier transform of these expansion coefficients, a formal multipole expansion of the scattering function is obtained, which is used to calculate the weighting coefficients appearing in the depolarized scattering function. In addition to translational and rotational diffusion, especially the translational-rotational coupling of shape-anisotropic objects is considered. From the short-time behavior of the intermediate scattering function, the first cumulants $Γ(Q)$ are calculated. In a depolarized scattering experiment, they deviate from the simple proportionality to $Q^2$. The coefficients $f_{lm}(Q)$ strongly depend on the geometry and aspect ratio of the particles. The time dependence, in addition, is governed by the translational and rotational diffusion tensors, which are calculated by means of bead models for differently shaped particles in dependence on their aspect ratio. Therefore, our analysis shows how details of the particle shape---beyond their aspect ratio---can be determined by a precise scattering experiment. This is of high relevance in understanding smart materials which involve suspensions of anisotropic colloidal particles.

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Christopher Passow, Borge ten Hagen, Hartmut Löwen, Joachim Wagner. 2015-07-30. Depolarized light scattering from prolate anisotropic particles: the influence of the particle shape on the field autocorrelation function. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926931

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