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SynopsisFrom sedimentation equilibrium, light scattering, and viscosity measurements on a series of native and sonicated samples of schizophyllan, an extracellular /3-1,3-D-glucan, the following results were obtained (i) weight-average and z-average molecular weights (aw and uz) in water are about three times as large as those in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO); (ii) the exponent in the Houwink-Mark-Sakurada intrinsic viscosity relation in water is close to 1.7, whereas in DMSO it is 0.68; (iii) intrinsic viscosities of samples with Pu below 5 X lo5 in water at 25°C can be fitted by Yamakawa's theory for a long rigid rod if the pitch (1.836 nm) of the triple helix of Atkins et al. and the diameter ( 3 nm) estimated from the model triple helix are used; (iv) intrinsic viscosities in water-DMSO mixtures at 25°C undergo an almost discontinuous decrease when the weight fraction of DMSO in the mixture increases to about 87%. These results combined lead to the conclusion that schizophyllan dissolves in water as a triple helix similar to that proposed by Atkins et al. and that the triple helix in aqueous DMSO solution "melts" abruptly to single chains when the DMSO composition reaches about 87 wt%. It was also found that the triple helix is not recoverable once it is broken in DMSO. OH OH OH L J n Fig. 1. Repeat unit of schizopbyllan.

Narfow-distribution fractions of poly(hexy1 isocyanate) (PHIC) ranging in weight-average molecular weight M , from 7 X lo4 to 7 X lo6 were studied by light scattering, viscosity, and sedimentation velocity measurements with hexane of 25 OC as a solvent. The molecular-weight dependence of the z-average mean-square radius of gyration (S2), was analyzed in terms of the Benoit-Doty theory for the Kratky-Porod

Prognosis for dogs with thoracolumbar IVDH that retain deep nociception in at least 1 of the pelvic limbs or tail before surgery was good.

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