Analytical ultracentrifugation and combined molecular hydrodynamic approaches for polymer characterization

Abstract The chapter exemplifies the in-depth analytical characterization of variously structured synthetic and bio-macromolecules by a combination of the fundamental hydrodynamic approaches, i.e., analytical ultracentrifugation, intrinsic viscosity, translation diffusion, and size exclusion chromatography resolving the essential macromolecular characteristics—molar mass and hydrodynamic size as well as their distribution, shape, and conformation.