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Dynamic Light Scattering: History
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Contributor: Jack Zhong

Dynamic Light Scattering is an optical technique that derives particle size from the time-dependent fluctuations of light scattered by Brownian particles [1]. Multiangle static and dynamic measurements in the intermediate angle range sharpen what the correlation function can resolve [1]. Tandem use of dynamic light scattering with optical microscopy offers an attractive alternative for sizing oleosomes [2]. In chiral liquid crystals, the method reveals the structural properties of ferrielectric phases through their fluctuation spectra [3]. Electrorotational light scattering extends the measurement to inherent particle properties beyond size [4]. The static and dynamic properties of multiple scattering define the regime where light changes direction many times before detection [5].

  • photon correlation spectroscopy
  • particle size
  • static light scattering
  • brownian motion
  • liquid crystal
  • oleosome

Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis·Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics·Physics and Astronomy·Physical Sciences

References

  1. Tamborini, E.; Cipelletti, L.; Multiangle static and dynamic light scattering in the intermediate scattering angle range. Review of Scientific Instruments 2012, 83, 093106, 10.1063/1.4751864.
  2. Yuli, I.; Ben Yakov, L.; Gliksberg, A.; Salama, P.; Dynamic vs. Static Light Scattering: Evaluating the Tandem Use of Dynamic Light Scattering and Optical Microscopy as an Attractive Alternative for Oleosomes Size Characterization. Cosmetics 2025, 12, 158, 10.3390/cosmetics12040158.
  3. Konovalov, D.; Nguyen, H.T.; Čopič, M.; Sprunt, S.; Structural properties of the ferrielectric phases of a chiral liquid crystal revealed by dynamic light scattering. Physical Review E 2001, 64, 010704, 10.1103/physreve.64.010704.
  4. Prüger, B.; Eppmann, P.; Donath, E.; Gimsa, J.; Measurement of inherent particle properties by dynamic light scattering: introducing electrorotational light scattering. Biophysical Journal 1997, 72, 1414-1424, 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78788-5.
  5. Štěpánek, P.; Static and dynamic properties of multiple light scattering. The Journal of Chemical Physics 1993, 99, 6384-6393, 10.1063/1.465877.
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