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TABLE 2.1
List of Acronyms for Analytical Methods and Statistical Character of the Method
Acronym Method Type Information

AAS Atomic absorption spectroscopy EAA Atom concentrations [21]

AF4 Asymmetric flow-field flow

fractionation

EAA Size separation for subsequent

size determination [18]

AFM Atomic force microscopy I PA Size, morphology, topography,

chirality [22,23]

AFM/FDC AFM with force distance curve

measurement

I PA Stiffness; for functionalized AFM

tips: surface functionality [24]

BET Brunauer, Emmett, Teller

method

EAA Specific surface area, purity and

porosity [25]

BJH Barrett, Joyner, Halenda method EAA Pore volume and area [26]

CM Confocal microscopy I PA Microscopy with subwavelength

resolution

CPC Charged particle counter I PA Particle number

Cryo-TEM TEM with cryogenic sample

preparation

I PA Particle morphology and

agglomeration in (liquid) matrix

DLS Dynamic light scattering EAA Apparent particle size

(hydrodynamic radius),
agglomeration [27]

DSC Differential scanning

calorimetry

EAA Thermal properties, fundamental

thermodynamic values, stability

DVS Dynamic vapor sorption EAA Surface adsorption and wetting

properties

EELS Electron energy loss

spectroscopy

Atomic composition, chemical
bonding

ESR Electron spin resonance

spectroscopy

EAA Radical concentration,

temperature dependency [28]

Fluorescence Fluorescence spectroscopy SSP Detection of fluorescent

structures and immobilized
markers

FTIR Fourier-transform infrared

absorption spectroscopy

EAA Chemical structure and

functionalities

HR-TEM High-resolution TEM I PA Morphology, crystal lattice, and

atomic structure

ICP-MS/
OES

Inductively coupled plasma
mass or optical emission
spectroscopy

EAA Atom concentrations

NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance

spectroscopy

EAA Chemical structure, solubility

NTA Nanoparticle tracking analysis I PA Particle mobility and

hydrodynamic size [22,23]

PCS Photocorrelation spectroscopy,

see DLS

EAA Apparent particle size

(hydrodynamic radius) [27]

PCS Particle charge sizer EAA Surface charge

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