Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-angle dynamic light scattering
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Application No.: US16965204Application Date: 2019-02-06
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Publication No.: US11441991B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Douglas Hamilton , Jason Corbett
- Applicant: Malvern Panalytical Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Malvern
- Assignee: Malvern Panalytical Limited
- Current Assignee: Malvern Panalytical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Malvern
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Priority: EP18155428 20180206
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/052946 WO 20190206
- International Announcement: WO2019/154882 WO 20190815
- Main IPC: G01N15/02
- IPC: G01N15/02 ; G01N21/47

Abstract:
A method of determining particle size distribution from multi-angle dynamic light scattering data, comprising: obtaining a series of measured correlation functions g(θi) at scattering angles θi; and solving an equation comprising [ g ( θ 1 ) … g ( θ n ) ] = [ α 1 K ( θ 1 ) … α n K ( θ n ) ] x , wherein: K(θi) is the instrument scattering matrix computed for angle i, x is the particle size distribution, and αi is the scaling coefficient for angle i. The method comprises using the steps: a) providing initial estimates for scaling factors α2 to αn, and defining α1=1; b) iterating scaling factors α2 to αn using a non-linear solver; c) solving for x using a linear solver; d) calculate residual; e) repeat steps b) to d) while the residual is greater than a predefined exit tolerance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210063295A1 MULTI-ANGLE DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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