Chapter 5 · Evaluation and Analysis

With the correction parameter H, the crossover expression assumes a rather complex form. H is given by:

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where

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The parameters resulting from the crossover correction are:

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The three diffusion functions Dtotal, Dbg and Dcrit are shown in Fig. 5.16. The corresponding correlation length is shown in Fig. 5.17.

5.5.3 Relaxation rates ΓBFDLS(t)

From the dynamic scaling hypothesis (3.35), the following characteristic relaxation-rate amplitude is obtained for dynamic light scattering (DLS):

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Figure 5.18 shows the fit together with the corresponding measured values.