Detection Limits of DLS and UV-Vis Spectroscopy in Characterization of Polydisperse Nanoparticles Colloids

Table 1

Summary of tested samples. The numbers indicate the percentage of the volume for silver NPs of a particular size.

Sample number	Percentage volume [%]			Presented results
	10 nm AgNPs	55 nm AgNPs	80 nm AgNPs
1	100	—	—	DLS, AFM, TEM, UV-Vis
2	—	100	—	DLS, AFM, TEM, UV-Vis
3	—	—	100	DLS, AFM, TEM, UV-Vis
4	99	1	—	DLS, UV-Vis
5	98	2	—	DLS, UV-Vis
6	97	3	—	DLS, UV-Vis
7	96	4	—	DLS, UV-Vis
8	95	5	—	DLS, UV-Vis
9	90	10	—	UV-Vis
10	80	20	—	UV-Vis
11	70	30	—	UV-Vis
12	60	40		UV-Vis
13	50	50	—	UV-Vis
14	40	60	—	UV-Vis
15	20	80	—	UV-Vis
16	99	—	1	DLS, UV-Vis
17	98	—	2	DLS, UV-Vis
18	97	—	3	DLS, UV-Vis
19	96	—	4	DLS, UV-Vis
20	95	—	5	DLS, UV-Vis
21	90	—	10	UV-Vis
22	80	—	20	UV-Vis
23	70	—	30	UV-Vis
24	60	—	40	UV-Vis
25	50	—	50	UV-Vis
26	40	—	60	UV-Vis
27	20	—	80	UV-Vis