lamellar

Lyotropic lamellar phase with uniform SLD and random distribution

Parameter	Description	Units	Default value
scale	Source intensity	None	1
background	Source background	cm-1	0.001
thickness	total layer thickness	Å	50
sld	Layer scattering length density	10-6Å-2	1
sld_solvent	Solvent scattering length density	10-6Å-2	6

The returned value is scaled to units of cm^-1 sr^-1, absolute scale.

Polydispersity in the bilayer thickness can be applied from the GUI.

Definition

The scattering intensity \(I(q)\) for dilute, randomly oriented, “infinitely large” sheets or lamellae is

\[I(q) = \text{scale}\frac{2\pi P(q)}{q^2\delta} + \text{background}\]

The form factor is

\[P(q) = \frac{2\Delta\rho^2}{q^2}(1-\cos(q\delta)) = \frac{4\Delta\rho^2}{q^2}\sin^2\left(\frac{q\delta}{2}\right)\]

where \(\delta\) is the total layer thickness and \(\Delta\rho\) is the scattering length density difference.

This is the limiting form for a spherical shell of infinitely large radius. Note that the division by \(\delta\) means that \(scale\) in sasview is the volume fraction of sheet, \(\phi = S\delta\) where \(S\) is the area of sheet per unit volume. \(S\) is half the Porod surface area per unit volume of a thicker layer (as that would include both faces of the sheet).

The 2D scattering intensity is calculated in the same way as 1D, where the \(q\) vector is defined as

\[q = \sqrt{q_x^2 + q_y^2}\]

Fig. 46 1D plot corresponding to the default parameters of the model.

References

F Nallet, R Laversanne, and D Roux, J. Phys. II France, 3, (1993) 487-502

also in J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, (2001) 11081-11088