Table 1.

Gold and silver nanoparticle characteristics after synthesis by laser ablation.

	AuNP	AgNP
Absorption peak wavelength [nm]	525	400
Primary particle diameter [nm] ± SDa,b	10.8 ± 6.6	21.5 + 23.9/ −17.5
Zeta potential [mV] ± SD	−25.4 ± 2.3	−29.3 ± 2.0
DLSc, NWMDd [nm] ± SD	78 ± 9	59.9 ± 5.5
DLS, PDI	0.14 ± 0.004	0.22 ± 0.003

^aXC-values were derived after lognormal fitting of TEM-derived raw data, ^bSD = Standard deviation, ^cDLS = Dynamic light scattering, ^dNWMD = Number-weighted mean diameter.