Direct determination of the number-weighted mean radius and polydispersity from dynamic light-scattering data

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2209-2216

  Patty, Philipus J ^a   Frisken, Barbara J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DISPERSIONS; NUMBER THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INTENSITY WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTIONS; NUMBER-WEIGHTED MEAN RADIUS; POLYDISPERSITY; SCHULZ DISTRIBUTIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 33744815912     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002209     Document Type: Article

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