Is zeta potential surface charge?

Zeta potential is a measure of the effective electric charge on the nanoparticle’s surface, quantifying the charges. When a nanoparticle has a net surface charge, the charge is screened by the concentration of ions of opposite charge near the nanoparticle surface.

How do you interpret zeta potential results?

Zeta can be used to predict the long-term stability of particles. For example, particles with zeta potentials larger than ±60 mV have excellent stability, where particles with zeta values between -10 mV and +10 mV, will experience rapid agglomeration unless they are sterically protected.

Are exosomes negatively charged?

Exosomes, like all materials, spontaneously acquire surface electrical charge when brought into contact with a polar medium, such as a hydrophilic buffer. Like the plasma membrane of cells, the exosome surface will generally be negatively charged in such buffers.

What is the difference between zeta potential and surface charge?

Surface potential is the electrical potential between the surface of the particle and any point in the suspending liquid. The slip plane is where the Stern layer (Edit: not the Stern layer but the surrounding liquid) and diffuse layer meet and it is here the electrical potential is called the zeta potential.

Does size affect zeta potential?

Size and zeta potential are not related – just more surface charge over a larger particle, so the zeta potential remains the same independent of size. At 150 um (or even 10 um). zeta potential is unlikely to be relevant to stability – size and density being more important to settling.

Why does the zeta potential change with pH value?

In aqueous media, the pH of the sample is one of the most important factors that affects its zeta potential. Imagine a particle in suspension with a negative zeta potential. If more alkali is added to this suspension then the particles tend to acquire more negative charge.

What does a low zeta potential mean?

If all the particles in suspension have a large negative or positive zeta potential then they will tend to repel each other and there will be no tendency for the particles to come together. However, if the particles have low zeta potential values then there will be no force to prevent the aggregation.

What is zeta potential of nanoparticles?

Zeta potential is a measure of the effective electric charge on the nanoparticle surface. The magnitude of the zeta potential provides information about particle stability, with particles with higher magnitude zeta potentials exhibiting increased stability due to a larger electrostatic repulsion between particles.

Are exosomes charged?

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles (<200 nm), play a vital role in intercellular communication and carry a net negative surface charge under physiological conditions.