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The total number of possible second-century New Testament manuscripts that we have is small. There are 140 overall but none are dated earlier than the 2nd century. Some of the main 2nd century manuscripts are

P90. John (18:36-19:7). Greek. 2nd century

P104 Matt. 21:34-37 on the front, and traces of verses 43 and 45 on the back. Greek. 2nd century

P98  verses from the first chapter of the book of Revelation. Greek. 2nd century

P52. seven lines from the John 18:31–33 on the front, and parts of seven lines from verses 37–38 on the back. Greek. 2nd century.

P137 Mark. Greek. A.D. 150-250

P32. Titus. Greek. 2nd-3rd Century

P46. Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews. Greek. 2nd century. Greek.  early 3rd century

P66.  John. Greek, 2nd-3rd century

P77.   Matthew. Greek. 2nd-3rd century

P103. Matthew. Greek. 2nd-3rd century

GA0189.  Acts of the Apostles. Greek. 2nd-3rd century

The article claims that P52, considered to be possibly the earliest fragment is dated to AD 125. Most scholars today would use a wider date range of the second century in general. Pasquale Orsini and Willy Clarysse proposed somewhere between AD 125 and 175. Andreas Schmidt dated P52 around AD 170, plus or minus twenty-five years.

The article also lists P67 (PBarcelona1) which together with P64 was probably written by the same scribe is known as the "Magdalen" papyrus as being dated between 125-150. Most papyrologists date it to around AD 200, or at the very earliest in the late 2nd century. (after AD 150)