r""" *This model was implemented by an interested user!* Unlike a concentrated polymer solution, the fine-scale polymer distribution in a gel involves at least two characteristic length scales, a shorter correlation length ( $a1$ ) to describe the rapid fluctuations in the position of the polymer chains that ensure thermodynamic equilibrium, and a longer distance (denoted here as $a2$ ) needed to account for the static accumulations of polymer pinned down by junction points or clusters of such points. The latter is derived from a simple Guinier function. Compare also the gauss_lorentz_gel model. Definition ---------- The scattered intensity $I(q)$ is calculated as .. math:: I(Q) = I(0)_L \frac{1}{\left( 1+\left[ ((D+1/3)Q^2a_{1}^2 \right]\right)^{D/2}} + I(0)_G exp\left( -Q^2a_{2}^2\right) + B where .. math:: a_{2}^2 \approx \frac{R_{g}^2}{3} Note that the first term reduces to the Ornstein-Zernicke equation when $D = 2$; ie, when the Flory exponent is 0.5 (theta conditions). In gels with significant hydrogen bonding $D$ has been reported to be ~2.6 to 2.8. References ---------- Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Toyoichi Tanaka, Charles C Han, *J. Chem. Phys.* 1992, 97 (9), 6829-6841 Simon Mallam, Ferenc Horkay, Anne-Marie Hecht, Adrian R Rennie, Erik Geissler, *Macromolecules* 1991, 24, 543-548 """ from numpy import inf name = "gel_fit" title = "Fitting using fine-scale polymer distribution in a gel." description = """\ Structure factor for interacting particles: Shibayama-Geissler Two-Length Scale Fit for Gels (GelFit) Shibayama; Tanaka; Han J Chem Phys (1992), 97(9), 6829-6841 Mallam; Horkay; Hecht; Rennie; Geissler, Macromol (1991), 24, 543 """ category = "shape-independent" # pylint: disable=bad-whitespace, line-too-long # ["name", "units", default, [lower, upper], "type","description"], parameters = [["guinier_scale", "cm^-1", 1.7, [-inf, inf], "", "Guinier length scale"], ["lorentzian_scale", "cm^-1", 3.5, [-inf, inf], "", "Lorentzian length scale"], ["gyration_radius", "Ang", 104.0, [2, inf], "", "Radius of gyration"], ["fractal_exp", "", 2.0, [0, inf], "", "Fractal exponent"], ["cor_length", "Ang", 16.0, [0, inf], "", "Correlation length"] ] # pylint: enable=bad-whitespace, line-too-long source = ["gel_fit.c"] demo = dict(background=0.01, guinier_scale=1.7, lorentzian_scale=3.5, gyration_radius=104, fractal_exp=2.0, cor_length=16.0) tests = [[{'guinier_scale': 1.0, 'lorentzian_scale': 1.0, 'gyration_radius': 10.0, 'fractal_exp': 10.0, 'cor_length': 20.0, 'background': 0.0, }, 0.1, 0.716532], [{'guinier_scale': 4.0, 'lorentzian_scale': 10.0, 'gyration_radius': 500.0, 'fractal_exp': 1.0, 'cor_length': 20.0, 'background': 20.0, }, 5.0, 20.1224653026], ]