Abstract
Nanoparticles exhibit unique light scattering properties and are applied in many research fields.
In this work, we perform angular resolved scattering measurements to study the scattering behaviour of random and periodic silver (Ag), and periodic polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles.
The random Ag nanoparticles, with a wide particle size distribution, are able to broadbandly scatter light into large angles. In contrast, both types of periodic nanoparticles are characterized by a strong scattering zone where scattering angles are increasing as the wavelength increases.
Angular resolved scattering measurements enable experimentally revealing the particular scattering properties of different nanostructures.