BI-200SM Goniometer Used in Nanoparticle Dynamic Light Scattering

In the study entitled “Strain specificity in Antimicrobial Activity of Silver and Copper Nanoparticles,” four strains of Escherichia coli, three strains of each Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus Aureus were used to assess the antimicrobial properties of silver and copper nanoparticles. The Brookhaven BI-200SM Goniometer was used in particle size measurement of suspended nanoparticles via dynamic light scattering (DLS). Bacterial experiments […]

Applications: Emulsions
Instruments: BI-200SM

Guide for Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) sample preparation

Nomenclature The term solvent refers the pure solvent used to prepare the diluent. Examples of solvents are toluene or water. The diluent may also be referred to as the liquid in DLS textbooks. Diluents are solvent with additives, for example a 10% by weight methanol in water or a 10 mM KNO3 salt in DI […]

Applications: DLSSample PrepTheory
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

ZetaPALS Brochure

Zeta Potential & Particle Size Analyzer For Measurements In: Solvents High Salt Oily or viscous media Near the isoelectric point 1,000x more sensitive than other techniques ZetaPALS: A Whole New Concept For measurements of low mobility, the unique, Brookhaven Instruments ZetaPALS is the answer. There is nothing else like it. With concepts developed at Bristol […]

Applications: Zeta
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

Brookhaven Instruments Used in Investigating a One-step Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Ҫanakkale Onsekiz Mart University’s Nurettin Sahiner conducted a study, which demonstrated the facile, one-step synthesis of p (4-VP) nanoparticles using Brookhaven Instruments’ 90Plus Particle Size Analyzer and NanoBrook ZetaPALS Potential Analyzer. The method used presented the possibility of preparing particles with different morphologies in the presence of different conomers with various initiators. The study is […]

Applications: Emulsions
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

Study of Protein Hydrodynamics with Light Scattering: Size and Charge of Lysozyme

By: Yuanmung Zhang Ph.D., Eric Farrell, Douglas Mankiewicz and Zachary Weiner Abstract Effective determination of the size and charge status of biological macromolecules like proteins plays a crucial role in pharmaceutical, clinical and other biotechnological applications. In the present study, dynamic light scattering (DLS) and electrophoretic light scattering (ELS) are employed to characterize the size […]

Applications: Proteins
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

ZetaPALS System Boosts Energy Transduction Project

Scientists in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of the Pacific have been using a Brookhaven ZetaPALS System to investigate the mechanisms behind biological energy transduction. Professor of Biochemistry and Director of Biomedical Research, Stefan Highsmith, explained: “We are studying the electrical properties of contractile proteins, like actin, myosin, tubulin and members of the […]

Applications: Zeta
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

Brookhaven NanoBrook 90Plus Particle Size Analyzer Aids in Nanoparticle Research for Lung Clearance Rates and Translocation

A research by Aamir Abid and his colleagues was featured in Particle and Fibre Toxicology entitled, “Novel Lanthanide-Labeled Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Improve The Measurement Of In Vivo Clearance And Translocation”. The study’s goal was to provide a proof-of-concept for the usefulness of nanoparticles to study lung clearance rates and translocation over longer time-scales. Additionally, it […]

Applications: BiopharmaHealthNanoParticles
Instruments: NanoBrook Series

Probing Sub-microscopic Particles

Colloids are complex physical systems, but understanding their properties is important in the development of of products in a variety of sectors. The Bristol Colloid Center (BCC) at the UK’s University of Bristol has been using two different instruments from Brookhaven in their research into colloidal systems Use of Brookhaven’s Bl-200SM dynamic and static light […]

Applications: Colloids
Instruments: BI-200SM

The Measurement of Very Small Particles by Cross Correlation or Avalanche Photodiode Detectors

Walther W. Tcharnuter and Bruce. B. Weiner, Brookhaven Instruments Corporation, New York, USA (Note: this article by the founders of Brookhaven Instruments was originally published in the 1990s) The measurement of particle size using dynamic light scattering, also known as photon correlation spectroscopy, is well known. Scattered laser light is autocorrelated, fit either with cumulants […]

Applications: CrossCorrDLSSizingTheory
Instruments: BI-200SMBI-APDx

Manchester Materials Science Research

The Manchester Materials Science Center at the University of Manchester and UMIST are conducting leading-edge polymer science research using a BI-9000AT light scattering correlator and BI-DCP Disc Centrifuge, both from Brookhaven Instruments Ltd. Peter Lovell, Professor of Polymer Science, acted on recommendations from people already using the equipment. “The good service and back up offered […]

Applications: Polymers
Instruments: TurboCorr

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