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. 2021 May 25;6(22):14049–14058. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00411

Table 2. Modal Diameters and fwhm Values of the Volume-Weighted Size Distributions of the Samples in Table 1 and the Mixed Sample (Mix) as Measured by LD, DLS, DCS, and SEMa.

  LD
LD (mix)
DCS
DLS
SEM
sample mode (nm) fwhm (nm) mode (nm) fwhm (nm) mode (nm) fwhm (nm) mode (nm) fwhm (nm) mode (nm) fwhm (nm)
PS60 57.5 ± 0.3 15.3 ± 0.1     60 ± 2 10 ± 1 63 ± 2 36.6 ± 0.6    
PS125 123 ± 1 32.8 ± 0.2 93.9 ± 0.5 24.9 ± 0.1 125 ± 2 11 ± 0.4 144 ± 2 86 ± 1    
PS197 211 ± 1 56.5 ± 0.3     197 ± 4 9 ± 0.6 238 ± 4 153 ± 10    
PS400 390 ± 2 67 ± 2 419 ± 2 120 ± 1 400 ± 8 27 ± 2 451 ± 4 241 ± 3    
PS590 592 ± 3 116 ± 1     591 ± 10 24 ± 2 700 ± 30 340 ± 40    
PSM2 2000 ± 10 295 ± 1 2010 ± 10 398 ± 2 2000 ± 40 160 ± 20     2040 ± 50 80.7 ± 0.4
PSM20 21,100 ± 100 4340 ± 20 21,300 ± 100 4230 ± 20         22,200 ± 1700 3360 ± 17
PSM40 40,000 ± 200 8400 ± 40 40,700 ± 200 8970 ± 120         41,000 ± 3000 7070 ± 40
a

The uncertainty is the standard deviation from repeat measurements, except for SEM measurements. See the Materials section and Supporting Information for a detailed description of the fitting for all the techniques and an estimation of SEM uncertainties (Figures S1–S4 and Table S4).