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. 2024 Oct 5;10(20):e38900. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38900

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Schematic and characteristics of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. a) The therap eutic process of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. b)The synthesis routine of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. c) Scanning electron microscopy image of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. Scale bar: 1 μm. Inset: High-resolution transmission electron microscopy imag e. Scale bar: 20 nm. d) Hydrodynamic size of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters in diffe rent solutions. e) X-ray diffraction pattern of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. f) Eleme nt mapping of ZnS@BSA nanoclusters. Scale bar: 200 nm. g) Release profile of H2S from ZnS@BSA in solutions with different pH of 7.4, 6.5, and 6.0 (n = 3, mean ± standard deviation (SD)). (Reprinted from ref. (79) under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).).