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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2023 May 11;32(4):366–376. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000897

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Main types of nanoparticle composition and morphology

A. Lipid

B. Synthetic and biological polymer

C. Inorganic

Vesicle shaped nanoparticle (polymersome, liposome) - hydrophilic core can load hydrophilic molecules and hydrophobic bilayer can load hydrophobic molecules.

Micelles - Hydrophobic core can load hydrophobic molecules.

Inorganic nanoparticles - therapeutic effect of the element itself, and inorganic element core with additional therapeutics