Fig. 16.
Overview of the synthesis procedure of Au DENPs (a) for gene delivery applications. b Notes for abbreviation: G5, generation 5; CBAA, carboxybetaine acrylamide; PEG-Mor, polyethylene glycol-morpholine; DENPs, dendrimer-entrapped NPs; EDC, 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride; NHS, N-hydroxysuccinimide; and COOH-PEG-Mor, PEG-Mor with the other end of the carboxyl group. Adapted with permission from Xiong et al. [158]