Analytical Ultracentrifugation V [Paperback]

The basis for this volume is the 11th Symposium on Analytical Ultracentrifugation held in March 25-26, 1999 at the University of Potsdam, Germany. This book presents a comprehensive collection of 33 contributions from leading scientists in this field including:
Technical and methodological innovations.- Innovations in data analysis.- Hydrodynamics/Modelling.- Synthetic polymers, colloids and supramolecular systems.- Biological systems.- Interacting systems and assemblies.
In contrast to the increasing significance of analytical ultracentrifugation, related modern books are very rare. Therefore, this volume will be a helpful source of information to anyone who wants to catch up with the most recent developments and results related to this important analytical method.Technical and methodological innovations.- The installation of an eight-cell Schlieren optics multiplexer in a Beckman Optima XLI/XL analytical ultracentrifuge used to measure steep refractive index gradients.- New facilities to improve the properties of Schlieren optics.- Shift interferometry in analytical ultracentrifugation of polymer solutions.- Investigation of the efficiencies of stabilizers for nanoparticles by synthetic boundary crystallization ultracentrifugation.- Innovations in data analysis.- A comparison of evaluation methods for sedimentation velocity data of polymer solutions.- Determination of the particle size distribution of 5100-nm nanoparticles with the analytical ultracentrifuge: consideration and correction of diffusion effects.- Pseudo synthetic boundary experiments: a new approach to the determination of diffusion coefficients from sedimentation velocity experiments.- Application of the solvent density variation method to sedimentation velocity experiments on biological systems.- Hydrostatic pressure in ultracentrifugation.- The correct analysis of low-speed sedimentation equilibrium distributions recorded by the Rayleigh interference optical system in a Beckman lҼ