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Dynamic Light Scattering

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1 Introduction

The relationship among static light scattering, dynamic light scattering, laser light scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), is very briefly discussed.

1.1 Static Light Scattering

In 1802, Richter first reported the observation of a light-scattering phenomenon from a sol of colloidal gold [1]. By passing a beam of light through mixed vapors of butyl nitrate and hydrochloric acid, Tyndall in 1869 tried to explain his observation in terms of reflections [2]. Lord Rayleigh, who pointed out the correct path on the origin of the blue color of the sky as one of diffraction [3], started, in 1881, the theoretical and practical aspects of light scattering based on electromagnetic theory [4]. In subsequent years, Einstein [5] derived the fluctuation theory that could be used successfully to explain the light scattering of fluid systems while Mie [6] developed the light-scattering theory by large particles whose refractive...

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The author gratefully acknowledges support of his work by the Polymers Program of the National Science Foundation, especially the Creativity Extension Award, the Department of Energy, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society. He also wishes to thank Professor Peter Pusey (Edinburgh, UK), Professor Peter Schurtenberger (Fribourg, Switzerland) and Professor Thomas Palberg (Mainz, Germany) for generously sending him their publications and Dr. Walther Tscharnuter (BIC, NY) for helpful discussions on PALS.

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Chu, B. (2008). Dynamic Light Scattering. In: Borsali, R., Pecora, R. (eds) Soft Matter Characterization. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4465-6_7

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