Table 5.
Comparison of X-ray attenuation efficiency (η) with other studies.
| Pt-NP Type | Coating Ligand | davg (nm) |
η (Hu/mM) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesoporous Pt-NP | Ascorbic acid | 70 | 3.0 at 120 kVp | [16] |
| Spherical Pt-NP | Bovine serum albumin | 2.1 | 16.8 at 120 kVp | [32] |
| Spherical Pt-NP | Extract from Prosopis farcta fruits | 3.8 | 6.9 at 80 kVp | [33] |
| Mesoporous Pt-NP | Polyethylene glycol | 94 | 5.5 at 120 kVp | [34] |
| Spherical Pt-NP embedded in ~50 nm mesoporous silica NP | Polyethylene glycol | 3 | 3.0 at 70 kVp | [35] |
| Pt nanoworm | Polyethylene glycol | ~3 × ~10 | 4.7 | [36] |
| Spherical Pt-NP | PAA, PAAMA, PMVEMA | 2.0 | 16.4 at 50 kVp, 18.4 at 70 kVp | This study |