Molecular dynamics-based refinement of nanodiamond size measurements   obtained with dynamic light scattering
  The determination of particle size by dynamic light scattering uses the Stokes-Einstein relation, which can break down for nanoscale objects. Here we employ a molecular dynamics simulation of fully solvated 1-5 nm carbon nanoparticles for the refinement of the experimental data obtained for nanodiamonds in water by using dynamic light scattering. We performed molecular dynamics simulations in differently sized boxes and calculated nanoparticles diffusion coefficients using the velocity autocorrelation function and mean-square displacement. We found that the predictions of the Stokes-Einstein relation are accurate for nanoparticles larger than 3 nm while for smaller nanoparticles the diffusion coefficient should be corrected and different boundary conditions should be taken into account. 
S. V. Koniakhin, I. E. Eliseev, I. N. Terterov, A. V. Shvidchenko, E.   D. Eidelman and M. V. Dubina
physics.flu-dyn cond-mat.soft