Dynamic Light Scattering

The NUCS Core Facility is equipped with a Malvern Zetasizer Pro Blue, which is capable of measuring the size distribution profile of small particles in suspension or polymers in solution and the zeta potentials (electrokinetic potential) of colloids.

The Malvern Zetasizer Pro Blue can measure the particle and molecular size at concentrations of 0.2 mg/mL for a 15 kDa protein, with a maximum sample concentration of 40% wt/volume.

The Malvern Zetasizer Pro Blue can measure the zeta potential at concentrations of 1 mg/mL for a 15 kDa protein, with a maximum sample concentration of 40% wt/volume.

The Malvern Zetasizer Pro Blue is also of capable of variable temperature measurements between 0 and 120 °C.