Abstract
We report measurements of the intensity of the scattered light and the turbidity of aqueous solutions of the bovine lens protein, -crystallin, near the critical point for binary liquiid phase separation, in a region of the phase diagram which is metastable with respect to protein-crystal formation. We have determined the magnitudes and critical divergences of the osmotic compressibility, , and the static correlation range, ξ. The corresponding critical exponents are γ=1.21±0.05 and ν=0.68±0.1. .AE
- Received 26 January 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2064
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