Abstract
We have analyzed the fine structure of the distribution of relaxation times obtained from dynamic light scattering on solutions of homopolymers and diblock copolymers. We have shown that in a carefully designed experiment two additional fast modes can be identified in the distribution of relaxation times, besides the usual cooperative mode, heterogeneity mode, and cluster mode. We have shown that the faster of these two modes, well observable only at small angles, is due to the thermal diffusion coefficient of the solvent. For the slower of these two modes, several experimental findings lead to the conclusion that this mode is representative of the motion of the solvent molecules in the solution.
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