Wyatt Instruments DynaPro Plate Reader III

Wyatt Instruments DynaPro Plate Reader III

Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Static Light Scattering (SLS) Plate Reader

Wyatt Instruments DynaPro® Plate Reader III measures DLS and SLS in a plate reader format, allowing rapid measurement of nanoparticle size in up to 386 samples (volume 25-uL) in a single run. Measurement temperature range can be adjusted from 4 °C to 85 °C. Measures average nanoparticle size and number density, aggregate size distributions, changes in solution molecular weight, and propensity for aggregation: indicators of both thermal stability (Tonset, Tm, Tagg) and colloidal stability (A2/B22, kD) can be quantified. Viscosity of concentrated protein solutions can also be screened. It is complementary to our Malvern™ Zetasizer Nano™ for determination of nanoparticle size, but unlike the Zetasizer Nano™ it cannot measure nanoparticle charge (zeta potential).

SOP: Download a .pdf file of the Standard Operating Procedure for this instrument

Hourly rate: UC Users: $25  • non-UC Users: $36.25

Location: Pacific Hall room 4017 • UC San Diego Main Campus • 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358 USA

Contact: Ricardo De Luna, Facility Manager
email the Facility Manager to reserve this instrument or a training activity


The UC San Diego MRSEC-MCF is a user and service facility associated with the NSF-funded UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, dedicated to materials characterization, assays, and sample processing.

We ask that any publications or presentations acknowledge use of these MRSEC-supported facilities with the following statement:

“The authors acknowledge the use of facilities and instrumentation supported by NSF through the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UCSD MRSEC), grant # DMR-2011924”