Dynamic Light Scattering and Its Application to Control Nanoparticle Aggregation in Colloidal Systems: A Review

Colloidal systems and their control play an essential role in daily human activities, but several drawbacks lead to an avoidance of their extensive application in some more productive areas. Some roadblocks are a lack of knowledge regarding how to influence and address colloidal forces, as well as a lack of practical devices to understand these systems. This review focuses on applying dynamic light scattering (DLS) as a powerful tool for monitoring and characterizing nanoparticle aggregation dynamics. We started by outlining the core ideas behind DLS and how it may be used to examine colloidal particle size distribution and aggregation dynamics; then, in the last section, we included the options to control…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: 1449500, 2216473, EEC-1449500
• UD
  U.S. Department of Agriculture

  Award: 1449500
• UO
  University of Texas System
• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

  Award: CVU No. 49544
• NI
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  Awards: 67021, 2023-67021-39747